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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἵνα
ἵνα
G2443
Transliteration: hína
Pronunciation: hin'-ah
Definition: albeit
- Original: ἵνα - Transliteration: Hina - Phonetic: hin'-ah
- Definition:
1. that, in order that, so that Wigram's frequency count is 569 not 621. The original J.B. Smithcount is 665 but this includes many places where the word isassigned a different Strong's number because it is used in a phrase.
- Origin: probably from the same as the former part of G1438" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1438 (through the demonstrative idea, cf G3588" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3588) - TDNT entry: 08:23,4 - Part(s) of speech: Conjunction - Strong's: Probably from the same as the former part of G1438" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare G3588" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result): - albeit because to the intent (that) lest so as (so) that (for) to. Compare G3363" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3363.