τίς, neut., τί, gen., τίνος, interrog. pron., [in LXX for מָה,מִי;] in masc. and fem.,
who, which, what?; in neut., which, what?, used both in direct and in indirect questions.
I. As subst.,
1. masc., fem.: τίς; who, what?, Mt 3:726:68; Mk 11:28, Lk 9:9, al. mult.; c. gen. partit., Ac 7:52, He 1:5, al; seq. ἐκ (= gen. partit.), Mt 6:27, Lk 14:28, Jo 8:46; = ποῖος, Mk 4:416:2, Lk 19:3, Ac 17:19, al.; = πότερος (M, Pr., 77), Mt 21:3127:17, Lk 22:27, al.; = ὅς or ὅστις (rare in cl.; cf. Bl., §50, 5; M, Pr., 93), Ac 13:25.
2. Neut.: τί; what?, Mt 5:4711:7, Mk 10:3, al.; χάριν τίνος, I Jo 3:12; διὰ τί, Mt 9:11, al.; εἰς τί, Mt 14:31, al.; elliptically, ἵνα τί (sc. γένηται), why, Mt 9:5, al.; τί οὖν, Ro 3:96:1, 15I Co 14:15, al.; τί γάρ, Ro 3:3, Phl 1:18; τί ἐμοὶ (ὑμῖν) καὶ σοί, v.s. ἔγω.
II. As adj.: who? what? which?, Mt 5:46, Lk 14:31, Jo 2:18, al.
III. As adv.: = διὰ τι (τί ὅτι), why, Mt 6:28, Mk 4:40, Lk 6:46, Jo 18:23, al.; in rhet. questions, = a negation, Mt 27:4, Jo 21:22, 23I Co 5:127:16, al. in exclamations (like Heb. מָה), how (II Ki 6:20, Ps 3:2, al.), Lk 12:49.