hinati · why

What it means

hinati (ἱνατί) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “why”.

"Why?", "for what reason?".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Asks for the cause or purpose of something.

From Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×1
• Acts×2
• 1 Corinthians×1

• Matthew 9:4

  And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?

• Matthew 27:46

  And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

• Luke 13:7

  And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years I have been coming looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I do not find any. Cut it down; why should it also use up the ground?’

• Acts 4:25

  who through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David, your servant, said, ‘Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot vain things?

• Acts 7:26

  And on the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting and was trying to bring them to peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?’

• 1 Corinthians 10:29

  conscience, I mean, not your own but that of the other. For why should my freedom be judged by another’s conscience?