There
ἐκεῖStrong’s G1563ekei
Appears in 98 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ekei is the Greek word usually translated “there”, “over there” and “in”. It appears in 98 verses of the New Testament.
“When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.”
Meaning
Usually translated “there”, “over there” and “in”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- there 95
- to there 1
- over there 1
- in 1
- in that place 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 28
- John 22
- Luke 16
- Mark 13
- Acts 7
- Revelation 4
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Matthew 2:15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
- Matthew 2:22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
- Matthew 5:24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- Matthew 6:21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- Matthew 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
All 98 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἐκεῖ ekei · there
ἐκεῖ adv., [in LXX chiefly for שָׁם ;] 1. properly, of place, there: Mat.2:13 5:24, al.; οἱ ἐ., Mat.26:71; οὗ . . . ἐ., Mat.6:21 18:20 24:28, Mrk.6:10, Luk.12:34; pleonastic, ὅπου . . . ἐ. (= שָׁם אֲשֶׁר, Deu.4:5, al.), Rev.12:6, 14 (cf. Bl., § 50, 4). 2. As often in cl. (Hdt., Thuc., al.), with verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither: Mat.2:22 17:20 24:28 26:36, Mrk.6:33, Luk.12:18 17:37 21:2, Jhn.11:8 18:2-3, Rom.15:24 (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “there” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THERE, adverb
- In that place.“The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed” Genesis 2:8
- It is sometimes opposed to here; there denoting the place most distant.
- Here and there in one place and another; as here a little and there a little.
- It is sometimes used by way of exclamation; calling the attention to something distant; as there there; see there; look there
All definitions
- there is used to begin sentences or before a verb; sometimes pertinently, and sometimes without signification; but its use is to firmly established that it cannot be dispensed with.“And there came a voice from heaven, saying, thou art my beloved Son” Mark 1:11
- In composition, there has the sense of a pronoun, as in Saxon; as thereby, which signifies by that.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.