ἵναhína

I. (poët., Hom., and elsewhere)

1. of place, where, whither.

2. of circumstance, when.

1. properly, final, denoting purpose or end (classical Greek), that, in order that, usually the first word in the clause, but sometimes (classical Greek also) preceded by an emphatic word (Acts 19:4, Romans 11:31 (?), Galatians 2:10, and elsewhere)

(a) with optat. (so in classical Greek after historic tenses): after a present, Ephesians 1:17

(b) with subjunctive: after a present, Mark 4:21, Luke 6:34, John 3:15, Acts 2:25, Romans 1:11, and elsewhere; after a perfect, Matthew 1:22, John 5:23, 1 Corinthians 9:22, and elsewhere; after an imperat. (present or aorist), Matthew 7:1, Mark 11:25, John 10:38, 1 Corinthians 7:5, and elsewhere; after a delib. subjc., Mark 1:38, and elsewhere; after a future, Luke 16:4, John 14:3, 1 Corinthians 15:28, and elsewhere; after historic tenses, Mark 6:41 (imperfect), John 4:8 (plpf.), Mark 3:14 (aorist), and elsewhere

(c) in late writers, with indicative fut: Luke 20:10, 1 Peter 3:1, and elsewhere

(d) as often in ecclesiastical writers, with indicative present: 1 Corinthians 4:6, Galatians 4:17, and elsewhere

(e) εἰς (διὰ) τοῦτο, ἵνα: John 18:37, 1 Timothy 1:16, and elsewhere; τούτου χάριν, Titus 1:5

(f) elliptical constructions: omission of the principal verb, John 1:8, 2 Thessalonians 3:9, 1 John 2:19, and elsewhere; of the final verb, Romans 4:16, 2 Corinthians 8:13, and elsewhere

2. In late writers, definitive, = infinitive (WM, 420; Bl., § 69, 1), that

(a) after verbs of wishing, caring, striving, etc.: θέλω, Matthew 7:12, and elsewhere; ζητῶ, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 14:12; ζηλόω, 1 Corinthians 14:1, and elsewhere

(b) after verbs of saying, asking, exhorting: εἰπεῖν, Matthew 4:3, and elsewhere; ἐρωτῶ, Mark 7:26, and elsewhere; παρακαλῶ, Matthew 14:36, 1 Corinthians 1:10, and elsewhere, etc.

(c) after words expressing expediency, etc.: συμφέρει, Matthew 18:6, John 11:50, and elsewhere; ἱκανός, Matthew 8:8, Luke 7:6; χρείαν ἔχω, John 2:25, al, etc.

(d) after substantives, adding further definition: ὥρα, John 12:23, John 13:1; χρόνος, Revelation 2:21; συνήθεια, John 18:39; μισθός, 1 Corinthians 9:18.

3. In late writers, ecbatic, denoting the result, = ὥστε, that, so that: Romans 11:11, 1 Corinthians 7:29, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, and elsewhere; so with the formula referring to the fulfilment of prophecy, ἵνα πληρωθῇ, Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:14, Matthew 4:14, John 13:18, and elsewhere