hinati introduces a question asking the reason for an action, condition, or judgment in the cited verses.

The attested use introduces questions seeking the reason for conduct, events, or a stated outcome: wrongdoing between brothers, hostile plotting, a fruitless tree's continued use of the ground, hostile thoughts, abandonment, and the judging of freedom.

1. Questioning the reason for a situation or action · dominant

   The adverb introduces an inquiry into the reason for what is happening or being done. In Acts 7:26 the APB renders the appeal to fighting brothers, "Why are you wronging one another?"; in Luke 13:7 it asks why the fruitless tree should continue to waste the ground; and in 1 Corinthians 10:29 it asks why freedom is judged by another's conscience. The same questioning force appears in Acts 4:25 concerning the Gentiles' rage and the peoples' empty plotting, Matthew 9:4 concerning evil thoughts, and Matthew 27:46 in the cry concerning forsakenness.

   1 Corinthians 10:29Acts 4:25Acts 7:26Luke 13:7Matthew 27:46Matthew 9:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the question with "why," including questions about rage, wrongdoing, judgment, and forsakenness. This consistency confirms the clauses' interrogative direction rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.