G2444 ἱνατί (hinatí)

Greek

ADV

Quick Definition

why?

Strong's Definition

for what reason ?, i.e. why?

Derivation: from G2443 (ἵνα) and G5101 (τίς);

KJV Usage: wherefore, why

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἱνατί (G2444)

advb. | ἵνα + τίς

89.38 · Relations · Cause and/or Reason

why interrogative expressions of reason

MAT 9:4 · MAT 27:46 · LUK 13:7 · ACT 4:25 · ACT 7:26 · 1CO 10:29

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἵνα τί (so L WH uniformly, also Tr except (by mistake?) in Mat_27:46), and written unitedly ἱνατί (so Rec.st bez G T uniformly; see Winers Grammar, § 5, 2); Latinutquid? i. e. for what purpose? wherefore? why? an elliptical formula, due to the fact that a questioner begins an answer to his own question with the word ἵνα, but not knowing how to complete it reverts again to the question, as if to ask what will complete the answer: that (what?) may or might happen (ut (quid?)fiat orfieret); see Herm. ad Vig., p. 847; Kühner, § 587,5 ii., p. 1020; Winers Grammar, § 25, 1 at the end; (Buttmann, § 149, 2): Mat_9:4; Mat_27:46; Luk_13:7; Act_4:25; Act_7:26; 1Co_10:29. Add, from the Sept., Gen_4:6; Gen_25:32; Gen_27:46; Num_14:3; Num_22:32 (Ald.); Jdg_6:13 (Alex., Ald., Complutensian); 1Sa_1:8; 2Sa_3:24; 2Sa_15:19; Job_3:12; Job_10:18; Jer_2:29; Jer_14:19; Jer_15:18; Dan_10:20 (Theod.); Isa_2:1; Isa_10:1 (Isaiah 9:22); Isa_21:2 (Isa_22:2), etc.; Sir_14:3; 1Ma_2:7. (Aristophanes, nub. 1192; Plato, Apology c. 14, p. 26 c.; others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἱνατί hinati 6x

Why is it that? For what reason? Why? Mt. 9:4; 27:46; Lk. 13:7; Acts 4:25; 7:26; 1 Cor. 10:29*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἱνατί

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἱνατί (hinati) — why?. Included with: ἵνα, adverb,

I. of Place,

I.1. in that place, there, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.2. elsewhere relative, in which place, where,[Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely in Attic dialect Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵ. ἡ Νίκη (i.e. ἐστίν) [Refs 8th c.BC+] [same place]; ἵν᾽ ἄν with subjunctive, wherever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as indirect interrogative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. b after [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔμαθε ἵ. ἦν κακοῦ in what a calamity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν χρείας[Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. c with Verbs of motion, whither, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. of circumstance, γάμος.., ἵ. χρή at which, when, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵ. μὲν ἐξῆν αὐτοῖς.., ἐνταῦθα.. when it was in their power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. ={ἐάν}, uncertain in [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B Final conjunction, that, in order that, from [Refs 8th c.BC+] downwards, mostly first word in the clause, but sometimes preceded by an emphatic word, [Refs 8th c.BC+] or κε (if found, these particles belong to the Verb, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.I general usage: __B.I.1 with subjunctive, __B.I.1.a after primary tenses of indicative, also subjunctive and imperative: present indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.I.1.b after historical tenses, in similes, where the aorist is gnomic, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; where aorist is treated as equivalent to perfect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: when the purpose is regarded from the point of view of the speaker's present, σὲ παῖδα ποιεύμην ἵ. μοι.. λοιγὸν ἀμύνῃς [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.I.1.c after optative and ἄν, when optative with οὐκ ἄν is used with sense of imperative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; after βουλοίμην ἄν.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.I.1.d after imperfect with ἄν, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.I.2 with optative, __B.I.2.a after historical tenses, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: after the historical present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes both moods, subjunctive and optative, follow in consecutive clauses, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.I.2.b after optative, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.I.2.c rarely after primary tenses, by a shifting of the point of view, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.I.3 with past tenses of indicative, __B.I.3.a after unfulfilled wishes, [Refs] __B.I.3.b after indicative with ἄν, to express a consequence which has not followed or cannot follow, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.I.3.c after such Verbs as ἐχρῆν, ἔδει, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀντὶ τοῦ κοσμεῖν (={δέον κοσμεῖν}).. ἵ... [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.I.3.d after present indicative in general statements (including the past), οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸ εἶναι ἔχει ἡ ὕλη, ἱ. ἀγαθοῦ ταύτῃ μετεῖχεν [Refs 3rd c.AD+] __B.I.4 ἵ. μή as the negative of ἵνα, that not, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II special usages: __B.II.1 like{ὅπως}, after Verbs of command and entreaty, is common only in later Gr. (but[NT+8th c.BC+]; also for ὥστε, [LXX+1st c.AD+] __B.II.2 because, ἵ. ἀναγνῶ ἐτιμήθην I was honoured because I read, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; not found in literature. __B.II.3 elliptical usages, __B.II.3.a where the purpose of the utterance is stated, Ζεὺς ἔσθ᾽, ἵν᾽ εἰδῇς 'tis Zeus,— [I tell thee this] that thou may'st know it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵ. δῶμεν.. granted that.. , [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.II.3.b in commands, introducing a principal sentence, ἵ. συντάξῃς order him.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἵ. λαλήσῃς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἵ. ἐλθὼν ἐπιθῇς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+] __B.II.3.c ἵ. τί (i.e. γένηται); to what end? either absolutely or as a question, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or with a Verb following, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵ. δὴ τί; [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.3.d in indignant exclamations, to think that.. ! Σωκράτης ἵ. πάθῃ ταῦτα [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.III in later Gr. with indicative, [LXX+NT]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Why is it that? For what reason? Why?, Mt. 9:4; 27:46; Lk. 13:7; Acts 4:25; 7:26; 1Cor. 10:29*