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Which?

τίςStrong’s G5101

tis

Appears in 509 verses of the New Testament

In short

Tis is the Greek word usually translated “what”, “who” and “why”. It appears in 509 verses of the New Testament.

“Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.”
1 Timothy 1:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “what”, “who” and “why”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • what 263
  • who 117
  • why 103
  • which 25
  • whom 20
  • to what 6
  • of whom 4
  • to whom 4

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 107
  • Matthew 82
  • John 70
  • Mark 69
  • Acts 55
  • Romans 37

21 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 509 verses, by book
Philippians 2
1:181:22
Colossians 2
1:272:20
1 Thessalonians 3
2:193:94:2
1 Timothy 1
1:7
2 Timothy 1
3:14
Titus 1
1:6
1 Peter 3
1:113:134:17
Greek dictionary

τίς tis · which?

τίς, neut., τί, genitive, τίνος, interrog. pron., [in LXX for מָה ,מִי ;] in masc. and fem., who, which, what?; in neut., which, what?, used both in direct and in indirect questions. I. I. As subst., 1. 1. masc., fem.: τίς; who, what?, Mat.3:7 26:68; Mrk.11:28, Luk.9:9, al. mult.; with genitive partit., Act.7:52, Heb.1:5, al; before ἐκ (= genitive partit.), Mat.6:27, Luk.14:28, Jhn.8:46; = ποῖος, Mrk.4:41 6:2, Luk.19:3, Act.17:19, al.; = πότερος (M, Pr., 77), Mat.21:31 27:17, Luk.22:27, al.; = ὅς or ὅστις (rare in cl.; cf. Bl., §50, 5; M, Pr., 93), Act.13:25. …

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WHICH, pronoun

relative or substitute. [I have not found this word in any other language. I think it may be from the root of quick. See What and Wight.]

  1. A word called a relative or pronoun relative, because it relates to another word or thing, usually to some word that precedes it in the sentence.
  2. which is much used in asking questions, for the purpose of obtaining the designation of a particular person or thing by the answer, and in this use, it is of the masculine as well as of the neuter gender.“WHICH of you convinceth me of sin?” John 8:46“For which of those works do ye stone me?” John 10:32
  3. That which Take which you will, that is, take any one of the whole.

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.