ἵνα G2443
so that, in order that (purpose/result); why? (interrogative, with τί)
Senses
1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) — Purpose or result conjunction: 'so that, in order that, that.' The overwhelmingly dominant NT use of ἵνα (665 occurrences). Uniformly rendered Ger. 'damit,' Fr. 'afin que,' Heb. 'לְמַעַן/כְּדֵי/שֶׁ,' Spa. 'para que/que,' Arb. 'لِكَيْ/أَنْ,' Kor. '~하기 위하여/~하도록,' Hin. 'ताकि/कि.' Introduces purpose clauses after verbs of command, desire, or action (Matt 1:22, 2:15 'that it might be fulfilled,' Matt 4:3 'command that these stones become bread,' Matt 7:1 'judge not, that you be not judged,' Matt 7:12, 8:8, 9:6, 10:25, 12:10/16/17, 14:15). This is the standard Koine Greek final/consecutive conjunction, the most common subordinating conjunction in the NT. 665×
AR["أَن","أَنْ","لِ-","لِئَلّا","لِكَي","لِكَيْ","لٰكِنْ"]·ben["যাতে","যেন"]·DE["damit"]·EN["so-that","that","that-"]·FR["afin-que"]·heb["כְּדֵי","לְ-מַעַן","לְמַעַן","שֶׁ-","שֶׁלֹּא"]·HI["कि","तअकि","ताकि"]·ID["supaya"]·IT["affinché"]·jav["Supados","supados"]·KO["-위하여","-하기-위해","-하도록","~하기-위하여"]·PT["para-que","que"]·RU["чтобы"]·ES["para-que","para‒que","que"]·SW["ili","kwamba","wasi"]·TR["-sın-diye","ki"]·urd["تاکہ","کہ"]
2. why? (interrogative, with τί) — Interrogative adverb in combination with τί, forming ἵνα τί (= ἵνα τί γένηται) meaning 'why? for what purpose?' A distinct construction from the purpose conjunction, functioning as a question word. Rendered Eng. 'why/for why,' Arb. 'لِمَاذَا' (why), Heb. 'לָמָּה' (why), Spa. 'Por qué' (why), Kor. '왜' (why), Hin. 'क्यों/किस लिए' (why/for what). Found in Luke 13:7 (why does it use up the ground?), Acts 4:25 (why did the nations rage? -- Psalm 2 quotation), Acts 7:26 (why do you wrong one another?), Matt 9:4 (why do you think evil?), Matt 27:46 (why have you forsaken me? -- Psalm 22), and 1 Cor 10:29 (for why is my freedom judged?). All auto-clusters for 'why,' 'for,' and 'for why' belong to this single interrogative construction. 6×
AR["لِ-","لِـ","لِماذا","لِمَاذَا","لِمَاذَا-"]·ben["কেন","কেন-"]·DE["damit","damit-"]·EN["For-","for-","for-why","why","why-"]·FR["afin-que","afin-que-"]·heb["כְּדֵי-מָה-","לָ-","לָ-מָּה","לָמָּה-"]·HI["और","किस-","किस-लिए","क्यों","ताकि"]·ID["Mengapa","Mengapa-","supaya-","untuk"]·IT["affinche-","affinché"]·jav["Kenging-punapa","Kénging-","Kénging-menapa","kapriyé","kenging-punapa","kénging-menapa"]·KO["-때문에","~을-위하여","분노했는가","어찌하여","왜"]·PT["Por","Por-que","para-","para-que","por"]·RU["Зачем-","Почему","для-","зачем","зачем-"]·ES["Para-qué","Por-qué","para-","por-qué","¿Por"]·SW["Kwa-nini","kwa-nini"]·TR["neden","neden-","o-"]·urd["تاکہ","کیوں","کیوں-"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἵνα, 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…