What does ἱνατί (hinatí) mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G2444
ἱνατί
For what reason ?, i.e. why?
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ἱνατί G2444
Pronunciation hinatí
What does ἱνατί (hinatí) mean in the Bible?
ἱνατί (hinatí) is a Greek word meaning "for what reason ?, i.e. why?".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2444?
G2444 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. for what reason ?, i.e. why?
Strong's G2444
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
for what reason ?, i.e. why?
Extended definition
:--wherefore, why.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 9:4 Conjunction
Ἱνατί inati
why?
Read verse Matthew 27:46 Conjunction
ἱνατί inati
why?
Read verse Luke 13:7 Conjunction
ἱνατί inati
why?
Read verse Acts 4:25 Conjunction
Ἱνατί inati
why?
Read verse Acts 7:26 Conjunction
ἱνατί inati
why?
Read verse 1 Corinthians 10:29 Conjunction
ἱνατί inati
why?
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 6
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 9:4 · Matt 27:46 · Luke 13:7 · Acts 4:25 · Acts 7:26 · 1 Cor 10:29 6×
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain