Lexical Definition
ἱνατί hinatí (hin-at-ee') why? G:ADV-I
from ἵνα and τίς
wherefore, why.
- for what reason ?, i.e. why?
Abbott-Smith
ἱνατί
Liddell-Scott-Jones
Included with: ἱνατί,
adverb,
__I of Place,
__I.1 in that place, there, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 elsewhere relative, in which place, where,[Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely in Attic dialect Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵ. ἡ Νίκη (i.e. ἐστίν) [Refs 8th c.BC+] [same place]; ἵν᾽ ἄν with subjunctive, wherever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as indirect interrogative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.b after [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔμαθε ἵ. ἦν κακοῦ in what a calamity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν χρείας[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.c with Verbs of motion, whither, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II of circumstance, γάμος.., ἵ. χρή at which, when, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵ. μὲν ἐξῆν αὐτοῖς.., ἐνταῦθα.. when it was in their power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ={ἐάν}, uncertain in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B Final conjunction, that, in order that, from [Refs 8th c.BC+] downwards, mostly first word in the clause, but sometimes preceded by an emphatic word, [Refs 8th c.BC+] or κε (if found, these particles belong to the Verb, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I general usage:
__B.I.1 with subjunctive,
__B.I.1.a after primary tenses of indicative, also subjunctive and imperative: present indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.1.b after historical tenses, in similes, where the aorist is gnomic, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; where aorist is treated as equivalent to perfect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: when the purpose is regarded from the point of view of the speaker's present, σὲ παῖδα ποιεύμην ἵ. μοι.. λοιγὸν ἀμύνῃς [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.1.c after optative and ἄν, when optative with οὐκ ἄν is used with sense of imperative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; after βουλοίμην ἄν.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.1.d after imperfect with ἄν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.I.2 with optative,
__B.I.2.a after historical tenses, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: after the historical present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes both moods, subjunctive and optative, follow in consecutive clauses, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.2.b after optative, [ἱνατί.. λάβοιεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 413. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.2.c rarely after primary tenses, by a shifting of the point of view, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.3 with past tenses of indicative,
__B.I.3.a after unfulfilled wishes, [Refs]
__B.I.3.b after indicative with ἄν, to express a consequence which has not followed or cannot follow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.I.3.c after such Verbs as ἐχρῆν, ἔδει, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀντὶ τοῦ κοσμεῖν (={δέον κοσμεῖν}).. ἵ... [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.I.3.d after present indicative in general statements (including the past), οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸ εἶναι ἔχει ἡ ὕλη, ἱ. ἀγαθοῦ ταύτῃ μετεῖχεν [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__B.I.4 ἵ. μή as the negative of ἱνατί, that not, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II special usages:
__B.II.1 like{ὅπως}, after Verbs of command and entreaty, is common only in later Gr. (but[NT+8th c.BC+]; also for ὥστε, [LXX+1st c.AD+]
__B.II.2 because, ἵ. ἀναγνῶ ἐτιμήθην I was honoured because I read, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; not found in literature.
__B.II.3 elliptical usages,
__B.II.3.a where the purpose of the utterance is stated, Ζεὺς ἔσθ᾽, ἵν᾽ εἰδῇς 'tis Zeus,— [I tell thee this] that thou may'st know it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵ. δῶμεν.. granted that.. , [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.II.3.b in commands, introducing a principal sentence, ἵ. συντάξῃς order him.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἵ. λαλήσῃς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἵ. ἐλθὼν ἐπιθῇς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῇ [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+]
__B.II.3.c ἵ. τί (i.e. γένηται); to what end? either absolutely or as a question, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or with a Verb following, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵ. δὴ τί; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.3.d in indignant exclamations, to think that.. ! Σωκράτης ἵ. πάθῃ ταῦτα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.III in later Gr. with indicative, [LXX+NT]
LSJ Scripture Refs: Mark.6.12 ☩ John.15.8 ☩ LXX.Gen.22.14 ☩ Mark.5.23 ☩ 2Cor.8.7 ☩ LXX.Exod.1.11 ☩ Gal.2.4