Greek

Hence

ἔνθενStrong’s G6033

enthen

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Enthen is the Greek word usually translated “from here”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”

Matthew 17:20 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “from here”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

from here 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Matthew 1
Luke 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Luke 16:26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Greek dictionary

ἔνθεν enthen · hence

1. adverb: 2. Demonstr., 3. of Place, Lat. inde, thence, (Homer); ἔνθεν μὲν . ., ἑτέρωθι δέ .., on the one side and the other, (Odyssey by Homer); ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν on this side and on that , Lat. hinc illinc, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—; with genitive, ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν τῶν τροχῶν on both sides of the wheels, (Xenophon Historicus) 4. of Time, thereupon, thereafter , (Iliad by Homer) 5. of occasion, thence, from that point , (Odyssey by Homer) 6. Relat., for ὅθεν, 7. of Place, Lat. unde, whence, from which, (Odyssey by Homer) …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “hence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HENCE, adverb

hens.

From this place.“Arise, let us go hence” John 14:31“I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles” Acts 22:21
From this time; in the future; as a week hence; a year hence
From this cause or reason, noting a consequence, inference or deduction from something just before stated.“Come they not hence even from your lusts--” James 4:1
From this source or original.

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.