ἵνα

663 ἵνα , adverb (poët., Hom., al.), of place, where , whither . of circumstance, when . Conjunction , prop., final, denoting purpose or end (cl.), that , in order that , usually the first word in the clause, but sometimes (cl. also) preceded by an emphatic word ( Ac 19:4 , Ro 11:31 (?), Ga 2:10 , al.); c. optat. (so in cl. after historic tenses): after a pres., Eph 1:17 (but WH, mg., subjc.; v. Burton, § 225, Rem., 2); c. subjc.: after a pres., Mk 4:21 , Lk 6:34 , Jo 3:15 , Ac 2:25 , Ro 1:11 , al.; after a pf., Mt 1:22 , Jo 5:23 , I Co 9:22 , al.; after an imperat. (pres. or aor.), Mt 7:1 , Mk 11:25 , Jo 10:38 , I Co 7:5 , al.; after a delib. subjc., Mk 1:38 , al.; after a fut., Lk 16:4 , Jo 14:3 , I Co 15:28 , al.; after historic tenses (where optat. in cl.; WM, 359 f.; M, Pr. , 196 f.), Mk 6:41 (impf.), Jo 4:8 (plpf.), Mk 3:14 (aor.), al.; in late writers (M, Pr. , 35; Burton, §§ 198, 199), c. indic. fut: Lk 20:10 , I Pe 3:1 , al.; as often in eccl. writers (Thayer, s.v.), c. indic. pres.: I Co 4:6 , Ga 4:17 , al. (?; but v. Burton, § 198, Rem.); εἰς (διὰ) τοῦτο, ἵνα : Jo 18:37 , I Ti 1:16 , al.; τούτου χάριν , Tit 1:5 ; elliptical constructions: omission of the principal verb, Jo 1:8 , II Th 3:9 , I Jo 2:19 , al.; of the final verb, Ro 4:16 , II Co 8:13 , al. In late writers, definitive, = inf. (WM, 420; Bl., § 69, 1), that ; after verbs of wishing, caring, striving, etc.: θέλω , Mt 7:12 , al.; ζητῶ , I Co 4:2 14:12 ; ζηλόω , I Co 14:1 , al.; after verbs of saying, asking, exhorting: εἰπεῖν , Mt 4:3 , al.; ἐρωτῶ , Mk 7:26 , al.; παρακαλῶ , Mt 14:36 , I Co 1:10 , al., etc.; after words expressing expediency, etc.: συμφέρει , Mt 18:6 , Jo 11:50 , al.; ἱκανός , Mt 8:8 , Lk 7:6 ; χρείαν ἔχω , Jo 2:25 , al, etc.; after substantives, adding further definition: ὥρα , Jo 12:23 13:1 ; χρόνος , Re 2:21 ; συνήθεια , Jo 18:39 ; μισθός , I Co 9:18 . In late writers, ecbatic, denoting the result, = ὥστε , that , so that (M, Pr. , 206 ff.; WM, 572; Bl., § 69, 3; Burton, § 223): Ro 11:11 , I Co 7:29 , I Th 5:4 , al. (but v. Thayer, s.v.); so with the formula referring to the fulfilment of prophecy, ἵνα πληρωθῇ , Mt 1:22 2:14 4:14 , Jo 13:18 , al.