ἵνα

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See also: -ινα and -ίνα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῐ̔́ν’ (hín’) — apocopic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hí.na/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)i.na/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.na/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.na/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.na/

Conjunction

ῐ̔́νᾰ • (hína)

Subordinating conjunction
1. final, introducing a subordinate clause expressing a purpose: in order that, so that, so
2. introducing a clause of effort, indicating what someone is trying to accomplish: that
3. (usually poetic) where

Descendants

Greek: να (na)

References

“ἵνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἵνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἵνα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἵνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
ἵνα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ἵνα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G2443 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- master idem, page 517.
- order idem, page 578.
- short idem, page 768.
- that idem, page 863.
- where idem, page 975.
- whither idem, page 977.
Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part IV: Syntax”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 2193, 2209, 2498

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