Greek · G5101, G1510

τίνι ἔσται

An interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) · I exist (used only when emphatic)

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τίς G5101 an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)

Pronunciation tís

Direct question marker functioning as substantive, adjective, or adverb; rhetorical form often implies negation.

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εἰμί G1510 I exist (used only when emphatic)

Pronunciation eimí

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What does τίνι ἔσται (tini estai) mean in the Bible?

τίς · εἰμί is a Greek phrase meaning "whose will they be, for whom will they exist".

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What does τίς · εἰμί mean in the Bible?

τίς · εἰμί is a Greek phrase meaning "whose will they be, for whom will they exist".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5101, G1510?

G5101, G1510 is connected to 554 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. whose will they be, for whom will they exist

Strong's G5101, G1510

Lexical occurrences 554 verses Word forms 10 forms 554 references

Source Gloss

whose will they be, for whom will they exist

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.

Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 554 Case pattern Nominative (231) Number pattern Singular (246)

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:7 · Matt 6:27 · Matt 7:9 · Matt 10:11 · Matt 12:11 · Matt 18:1 · Matt 19:25 · Matt 21:10 · Matt 21:23 · Matt 21:31 · Matt 23:17 · Matt 24:45 · Matt 26:68 · Mark 1:24 · Mark 2:7 · Mark 4:41 126×

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 8:29 · Matt 9:5 · Matt 9:13 · Matt 12:7 · Matt 17:25 · Matt 18:12 · Matt 19:27 · Matt 21:28 · Matt 22:17 · Matt 22:42 · Matt 23:19 · Matt 24:3 · Matt 26:66 · Matt 27:4 · Mark 1:24 · Mark 1:27 77×

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:48 · Mark 3:33 · Mark 6:2 · Luke 7:39 · Luke 8:9 · Luke 15:8 · Acts 10:21 · Acts 17:19 · Rom 3:1 · Rom 11:15 · 2 Cor 6:14 · 2 Cor 6:15 · 2 Cor 6:16 · Eph 1:18 · Eph 3:9 · 1 Thess 2:19 20×

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:48 · Luke 24:17 · John 6:64 · Acts 19:15 · Heb 3:16 · Rev 7:13 6×

Nominative · Plural · Neuter John 10:6 · Acts 17:20 2×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 22:20 · Matt 22:28 · Matt 22:42 · Mark 12:16 · Mark 12:23 · Luke 14:5 · Luke 20:24 · Luke 20:33 · John 13:22 · John 19:24 · Acts 8:34 11×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 17:25 · 2 Tim 3:14 2×

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 19:32 · 1 John 3:12 2×

Genitive · Plural · Neuter 1 Tim 1:7 1×

Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:13 · Matt 11:16 · Mark 9:50 · Luke 7:31 · Luke 13:18 · Luke 13:20 · Luke 14:34 · Acts 4:9 10×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

ongoing 1

Tense

present 1

Voice

active 1

Mood

indicative 1

NT Occurrences

John 8:58 εἰμί present active indicative ongoing

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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