From there
ἐκεῖθενStrong’s G1564ekeithen
Appears in 28 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ekeithen is the Greek word usually translated “from there” and “there”. It appears in 28 verses of the New Testament.
“And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “from there” and “there”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- from there 27
- there 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 12
- Mark 6
- Acts 4
- Luke 3
- John 2
- Revelation 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:26Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
- Matthew 9:9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
- Matthew 9:27And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
- Matthew 11:1And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
- Matthew 12:9And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
- Matthew 12:15But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
Greek dictionary
ἐκεῖθεν ekeithen · from there
ἐκεῖθεν adv., [in LXX chiefly for שָׁם ;] 1. of place, thence: Mat.4:21, Mrk.6:1, al. 2. Of time, thereafter (see: κἀκεῖθεν). (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.