Quick Definition
why?
Strong's Definition
for what reason ?, i.e. why?
Derivation: from G2443 (ἵνα) and G5101 (τίς);
KJV Usage: wherefore, why
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἵνα τί (so L WH uniformly, also Tr except (by mistake?) in Mat_27:46), and written unitedly ἱνατί (so Rec.st bez G T uniformly; see Winers Grammar, § 5, 2); Latinutquid? i. e. for what purpose? wherefore? why? an elliptical formula, due to the fact that a questioner begins an answer to his own question with the word ἵνα, but not knowing how to complete it reverts again to the question, as if to ask what will complete the answer: that (what?) may or might happen (ut (quid?)fiat orfieret); see Herm. ad Vig., p. 847; Kühner, § 587,5 ii., p. 1020; Winers Grammar, § 25, 1 at the end; (Buttmann, § 149, 2): Mat_9:4; Mat_27:46; Luk_13:7; Act_4:25; Act_7:26; 1Co_10:29. Add, from the Sept., Gen_4:6; Gen_25:32; Gen_27:46; Num_14:3; Num_22:32 (Ald.); Jdg_6:13 (Alex., Ald., Complutensian); 1Sa_1:8; 2Sa_3:24; 2Sa_15:19; Job_3:12; Job_10:18; Jer_2:29; Jer_14:19; Jer_15:18; Dan_10:20 (Theod.); Isa_2:1; Isa_10:1 (Isaiah 9:22); Isa_21:2 (Isa_22:2), etc.; Sir_14:3; 1Ma_2:7. (Aristophanes, nub. 1192; Plato, Apology c. 14, p. 26 c.; others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱνατί hinati 6x
Why is it that? For what reason? Why? Mat_9:4 ; Mat_27:46 ; Luk_13:7 ; Act_4:25 ; Act_7:26 ; 1Co_10:29
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἱνατιμ
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Why is it that? For what reason? Why?, Mt. 9:4; 27:46; Lk. 13:7; Acts 4:25; 7:26; 1Cor. 10:29*