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Lexicon :: Strong's G2444 - hinati

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ἱνατί
Transliteration
hinati (Key)
Pronunciation
hin-at-ee'
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Part of Speech
conjunction
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
6x in 1 unique form(s) TR
6x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

ἱνατί hinatí, hin-at-ee'; from G2443 and G5101; for what reason ?, i.e. why?:—wherefore, why.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2444 in the following manner: why (5x), wherefore (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2444 in the following manner: why (5x), wherefore (1x).

  1. for what purpose, wherefore, why

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἱνατί hinatí, hin-at-ee'; from G2443 and G5101; for what reason ?, i.e. why?:—wherefore, why.
STRONGS G2444:
ἵνα τί [so L WH uniformly, also Tr except (by mistake?) in Matthew 27:46], and written unitedly ἱνατί [so Rec.st bez G T uniformly; see Winers Grammar § 5, 2]; Latin ut quid? 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 or fieret); see Herm. ad Vig., p. 847; Kühner § 587,5 ii., p. 1020; Winers Grammar § 25, 1 at the end; [Buttmann § 149, 2]: Matthew 9:4; Matthew 27:46; Luke 13:7; Acts 4:25; Acts 7:26; 1 Corinthians 10:29. Add, from the Sept., Genesis 4:6; Genesis 25:32; Genesis 27:46; Numbers 14:3; Numbers 22:32 [Ald.]; Judges 6:13 [Alex., Ald., Complutensian]; 1 Samuel 1:8; 2 Samuel 3:24; 2 Samuel 15:19; Job 3:12; Job 10:18; Jeremiah 2:29; Jeremiah 14:19; Jeremiah 15:18; Daniel 10:20 [Theodotion]; Psalm 2:1; Psalm 10:1 (Psalm 9:22); Psalm 21:2 (Psalm 22:2), etc.; Sir. 14:3; 1 Macc. 2:7. (Aristophanes, nub. 1192; Plato, Apology c. 14, p. 26 c.; others.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
4:6; 25:32; 27:46
Numbers
14:3; 22:32
Judges
6:13
1 Samuel
1:8
2 Samuel
3:24; 15:19
Job
3:12; 10:18
Psalm
2:1; 10:1; 21:2; 22:2
Jeremiah
2:29; 14:19; 15:18
Daniel
10:20
Matthew
9:4; 27:46; 27:46
Luke
13:7
Acts
4:25; 7:26
1 Corinthians
10:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2444 matches the Greek ἱνατί (hinati),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:4 - Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:46 - About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,[fn] lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7 - So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “ ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:26 - The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:29 - I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
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