tis introduces questions about a matter, a person, or the reason for an action in Scripture.

The attested uses chiefly introduce questions about a matter, action, state, or specified item; they also ask for a person’s identity or source and, in rhetorical questions, challenge the reason for an action. The forms occur across nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative settings as the surrounding question requires.

1. Questioning a matter, action, or specified item · dominant

   Neuter and other non-person-focused forms introduce questions about what is the case, what action is required, or what item is intended. In Acts 16:30 the APB renders the question “what must I do to be saved?”, while 1 Corinthians 14:15 asks, “What then is the case?”; Acts 19:3 asks into what baptism the hearers had been baptized.

   Acts 16:301 Corinthians 14:151 Corinthians 14:261 Corinthians 3:5Acts 19:31 Thessalonians 4:2
2. Questioning a person or personal source · common

   Masculine and related forms ask who a person is or from whom something was learned. In Acts 19:15 the APB renders the direct challenge “but who are you?”, and 2 Timothy 3:14 identifies the source of learning with “knowing from whom you learned it.”

   Acts 19:151 Corinthians 2:111 Corinthians 2:161 Corinthians 9:71 John 2:222 Timothy 3:14
3. Questioning the reason for an action · occasional

   Accusative singular neuter forms also stand in rhetorical questions that press for the reason behind conduct or an event. In Acts 14:15 the APB renders “why are you doing these things?”, and 1 John 3:12 asks why Cain slaughtered his brother before giving the stated reason.

   Acts 14:15Acts 15:10Acts 1:112 Corinthians 11:111 John 3:121 Corinthians 10:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents these questions with “what,” “who,” and “why,” as in Acts 16:30, Acts 19:15, and Acts 14:15. Those English choices reflect the clauses’ questions rather than fixed separate renderings in every occurrence.