ἵνα hina

Greek word for “in order that/to” · Strong’s G2443 · used 669 times in 626 verses

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Meaning

ἵνα; I. adverb (poët., Hom., al.);

How it is translated

Glosses given for hina in context, with how often each is used:

• that 644
• order that 11
• why 6
• order 2
• so 2
• it 1
• thus 1
• when 1
• may be 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 17 (14), John 11 (13), John 12 (12), John 6 (11), 1 Corinthians 9 (10), John 15 (8), John 16 (8), John 19 (8), John 5 (7), John 13 (7)

Forms

• ἵνα 661
• ἱνατί 6
• Ἵνα 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hina more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 61
• πληρόω plēroō “to fulfill” 29
• ἔργον ergon “work” 30
• υἱός uhios “son” 36
• παρακαλέω parakaleō “to plead/comfort” 26
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 31
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 28
• εἰ ei “if” 38
• περί peri “about” 33
• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 27
• γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 28
• πατήρ patēr “father” 33

Key verses

The verses using hina that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye…
• John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• Romans 3:19 — Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty…
• 2 Corinthians 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• 2 Corinthians 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities,…
• Ephesians 1:17 — That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Hebrews 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope…
• 1 Peter 1:7 — That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and…
• 1 Peter 2:24 — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
• 1 Peter 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the…
• 1 John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.