ἵνα

hina

Greek G2443 Conjunction 669 occurrences in 626 verses
ἵνα in order that/to

ἵνα,

I. adverb (poët., Hom., al.),

1. of place, where, whither.

2. of circumstance, when.

II. Conjunction,

1. prop., final, denoting purpose or end (cl.), that, in order that, usually the first word in the clause, but sometimes (cl. also) preceded by an emphatic word (Act.19:4, Rom.11:31 (?), Gal.2:10, al.);

(a) with optative (so in cl. after historic tenses): after a pres., Eph.1:17 (but WH, mg., subjc.; see Burton, §225, Rem., 2);

(b) with subjc.: after a pres., Mrk.4:21, Luk.6:34, Jhn.3:15, Act.2:25, Rom.1:11, al.; after a pf., Mat.1:22, Jhn.5:23 1Co.9:22, al.; after an imperat. (present or aor.), Mat.7:1, Mrk.11:25, Jhn.10:38, 1Co.7:5, al.; after a delib. subjc., Mrk.1:38, al.; after a fut., Luk.16:4, Jhn.14:3, 1Co.15:28, al.; after historic tenses (where optative in cl.; WM, 359f.; M, Pr., 196f.), Mrk.6:41 (impf.), Jhn.4:8 (plpf.), Mrk.3:14 (aor.), al.;

(c) in late writers (M, Pr., 35; Burton, §§198, 199), with indic., fut: Luk.20:10, 1Pe.3:1, al.;

(d) as often in eccl. writers (Thayer, see word), with indic. pres.: 1Co.4:6, Gal.4:17, al. (?; but V. Burton, §198, Rem.);

(e) εἰς (διὰ) τοῦτο, ἵνα: Jhn.18:37, 1Ti.1:16, al.; τούτου χάριν, Tit.1:5;

(f) elliptical constructions: omission of the principal verb, Jhn.1:8, 2Th.3:9, 1Jn.2:19, al.; of the final verb, Rom.4:16, 2Co.8:13, al.

2. In late writers, definitive, = inf. (WM, 420; Bl, §69, 1), that;

(a) after verbs of wishing, caring, striving, etc.: θέλω, Mat.7:12, al.; ζητῶ, 1Co.4:2 14:12; ζηλόω, 1Co.14:1, al.;

(b) after verbs of saying, asking, exhorting: εἰπεῖν, Mat.4:3, al.; ἐρωτῶ, Mrk.7:26, al.; παρακαλῶ, Mat.14:36, 1Co.1:10, al., etc.;

(c) after words expressing expediency, etc.: συμφέρει, Mat.18:6, Jhn.11:50, al.; ἱκανός, Mat.8:8, Luk.7:6; χρείαν ἔχω, Jhn.2:25, al, etc.;

(d) after substantives, adding further definition: ὥρα, Jhn.12:23 13:1; χρόνος, Rev.2:21; συνήθεια, Jhn.18:39; μισθός, 1Co.9:18.

3. In late writers, ecbatic, denoting the result, = ὥστε, that, so that (M, Pr., 206ff.; WM, 572; Bl., §69, 3; Burton, §223): Rom.11:11, 1Co.7:29, 1Th.5:4, al. (but see Thayer, see word); so with the formula referring to the fulfilment of prophecy, ἵνα πληρωθῇ, Mat.1:22 2:14, Jhn.13:18, al.

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Concordance 626 verses

  1. John 17:1 ἵνα

    When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

  2. John 17:2 ἵνα

    For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

  3. John 17:3 ἵνα

    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

  4. John 17:4 ἵνα

    I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

  5. John 17:11 ἵνα

    I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

  6. John 17:12 ἵνα

    While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

  7. John 17:13 ἵνα

    But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

  8. John 17:15 ἵναἵνα

    I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

  9. John 17:19 ἵνα

    For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

  10. John 17:21 ἵναἵναἵνα

    that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

  11. John 17:22 ἵνα

    I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—

  12. John 17:23 ἵναἵνα

    I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

  13. John 17:24 ἵναἵνα

    Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

  14. John 17:26 ἵνα

    And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

  15. John 18:9 ἵνα

    This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

  16. John 18:28 ἵνα

    Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

  17. John 18:32 ἵνα

    This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

  18. John 18:36 ἵνα

    Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

  19. John 18:37 ἵνα

    “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

  20. John 18:39 ἵνα

    But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

  21. John 19:4 ἵνα

    Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

  22. John 19:16 ἵνα

    Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.

  23. John 19:24 ἵνα

    So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.

  24. John 19:28 ἵνα

    After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

  25. John 19:31 ἵναἵνα

    It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

  26. John 19:35 ἵνα

    The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

  27. John 19:36 ἵνα

    Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

  28. John 19:38 ἵνα

    Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

  29. John 20:31 ἵναἵνα

    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

  30. Acts 2:25 ἵνα

    David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

  31. Acts 4:17 ἵνα

    But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”

  32. Acts 4:25 Ἵνα‿

    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?

  33. Acts 5:15 ἵνα

    As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

  34. Acts 7:26 ἱνα‿

    The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

  35. Acts 8:19 ἵνα

    “Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

  36. Acts 9:21 ἵνα

    All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

  37. Acts 16:30 ἵνα

    Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

  38. Acts 16:36 ἵνα

    The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”

  39. Acts 17:15 ἵνα

    Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

  40. Acts 19:4 ἵνα

    Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

  41. Acts 21:24 ἵνα

    Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.

  42. Acts 22:5 ἵνα

    as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

  43. Acts 22:24 ἵνα

    the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.

  44. Acts 23:24 ἵνα

    Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”

  45. Acts 24:4 ἵνα

    But in order not to burden you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.

  46. Acts 27:42 ἵνα

    The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

  47. Romans 1:11 ἵνα

    For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

  48. Romans 1:13 ἵνα

    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

  49. Romans 3:8 ἵνα

    Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

  50. Romans 3:19 ἵνα

    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

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