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One

τιςStrong’s G5100

tis

Appears in 489 verses of the New Testament

In short

Tis is the Greek word usually translated “anyone”, “some” and “certain”. It appears in 489 verses of the New Testament.

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”
2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “anyone”, “some” and “certain”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • anyone 138
  • some 96
  • certain 60
  • anything 48
  • any 45
  • a certain 33
  • one 33
  • someone 18

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 105
  • Luke 77
  • John 53
  • 1 Corinthians 53
  • Mark 37
  • Matthew 21

26 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 489 verses, by book
Ephesians 4
2:94:295:276:8
Philippians 5
1:152:13:43:154:8
1 Thessalonians 3
1:82:95:15
2 Thessalonians 5
2:33:83:103:113:14
2 Timothy 3
2:52:182:21
Titus 1
1:12
Philemon 1
1:18
2 Peter 3
2:193:93:16
2 John 1
1:10
Jude 1
1:4
Greek dictionary

τις tis · one

τις, neut., τι, genitive, τινός, enclitic indefinite pron., related to interrog. τίς as πού, πως, ποτέ to ποῦ, πῶς, πότε. I. As subst., 1. one, a certain one: Luk.9:49, Jhn.11:1, Act.5:25, al.; pl., τίνες, certain, some: Luk.13:1, Act.15:1, Rom.3:8, al. 2. someone, anyone, something, anything: Mat.12:29, Mrk.9:30, Luk.8:46, Jhn.2:25, Act.17:25, Rom.5:7, al.; = indef., one (French on), Mrk.8:4, Jhn.2:25, Rom.8:24, al.; pl., τινες, some, Mrk.14:4, al. II. II. As adj., …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “one” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ONE, adjective

wun. [Latin unus; Gr.]

  1. Single in number; individual; as one man; one book.
  2. Indefinitely, some or any.
  3. It follows any.“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom” Matthew 13:19
  4. Different; diverse; opposed to another.
All definitions
  1. It is used with another, to denote mutuality or reciprocation.
  2. It is used with another, to denote average or mean proportion.
  3. one of two; opposed to other.“Ask from one side of heaven to the other” Deuteronomy 4:32
  4. Single by union; undivided; the same.
  5. Single in kind; the same.“ONE plague was on you all and on your lords” 1 Samuel 6:4
  6. one day, on a certain or particular day, referring to time past.
  7. Referring to future time; at a future time, indefinitely. [See one No. 2.]“Ye are all one in Christ Jesus” Galatians 3:28

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.