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G1565 ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos)
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Quick Definition

ἐκεῖνος, η, ο Dem.pr. that, that one there, yonder

Strong's Definition

from 1563; that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed

KJV Usage: he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those. See also 3778

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

pdem. | -η, -ο | ἐκεῖ

92.30 · Discourse Referentials · Demonstrative or Deictic Reference

that, that one a reference to an entity regarded as relatively absent in terms of the discourse setting

MAT 3:1 · MAT 7:22 · MAT 7:25 · MAT 7:27 · MAT 8:13 · MAT 8:28 · MAT 9:22 · MAT 9:26 · MAT 9:31 · MAT 10:14 · MAT 10:15 · MAT 10:19 · MAT 11:25 · MAT 12:1 · MAT 12:45 · MAT 13:1 · MAT 13:11 · MAT 13:44 · MAT 14:1 · MAT 14:35 · MAT 14:35 · MAT 15:22 · MAT 15:28 · MAT 17:18 · MAT 17:27 · MAT 18:1 · MAT 18:27 · MAT 18:28 · MAT 18:32 · MAT 20:4 · MAT 21:40 · MAT 22:7 · MAT 22:10 · MAT 22:23 · MAT 22:46 · MAT 24:19 · MAT 24:22 · MAT 24:22 · MAT 24:29 · MAT 24:36 · MAT 24:43 · MAT 24:46 · MAT 24:48 · MAT 24:50 · MAT 25:7 · MAT 25:19 · MAT 26:24 · MAT 26:24 · MAT 26:29 · MAT 26:55 · MAT 27:8 · MAT 27:19 · MAT 27:63 · MRK 1:9 · MRK 2:20 · MRK 3:24 · MRK 3:25 · MRK 4:11 · MRK 4:20 · MRK 4:35 · MRK 6:55 · MRK 7:20 · MRK 8:1 · MRK 12:7 · MRK 13:11 · MRK 13:17 · MRK 13:19 · MRK 13:24 · MRK 13:24 · MRK 13:32 · MRK 14:21 · MRK 14:21 · MRK 14:25 · MRK 16:10 · MRK 16:13 · MRK 16:20 · LUK 2:1 · LUK 4:2 · LUK 5:35 · LUK 6:23 · LUK 6:48 · LUK 6:49 · LUK 7:21 · LUK 8:32 · LUK 9:5 · LUK 9:36 · LUK 10:12 · LUK 10:12 · LUK 10:31 · LUK 11:26 · LUK 12:37 · LUK 12:38 · LUK 12:43 · LUK 12:45 · LUK 12:46 · LUK 12:47 · LUK 13:4 · LUK 14:24 · LUK 15:14 · LUK 15:15 · LUK 17:31 · LUK 18:3 · LUK 18:14 · LUK 19:4 · LUK 20:18 · LUK 20:35 · LUK 21:23 · LUK 21:34 · LUK 22:22 · JHN 1:8 · JHN 1:18 · JHN 1:33 · JHN 1:39 · JHN 2:21 · JHN 3:28 · JHN 3:30 · JHN 4:25 · JHN 4:39 · JHN 4:53 · JHN 5:9 · JHN 5:11 · JHN 5:19 · JHN 5:35 · JHN 5:37 · JHN 5:38 · JHN 5:39 · JHN 5:43 · JHN 5:46 · JHN 5:47 · JHN 6:29 · JHN 7:11 · JHN 7:45 · JHN 8:42 · JHN 8:44 · JHN 9:9 · JHN 9:11 · JHN 9:12 · JHN 9:25 · JHN 9:28 · JHN 9:36 · JHN 9:37 · JHN 10:1 · JHN 10:6 · JHN 10:35 · JHN 11:13 · JHN 11:29 · JHN 11:49 · JHN 11:51 · JHN 11:53 · JHN 12:48 · JHN 13:25 · JHN 13:26 · JHN 13:27 · JHN 13:30 · JHN 14:20 · JHN 14:21 · JHN 14:26 · JHN 15:26 · JHN 16:8 · JHN 16:13 · JHN 16:14 · JHN 16:23 · JHN 16:26 · JHN 18:13 · JHN 18:15 · JHN 18:17 · JHN 18:25 · JHN 19:15 · JHN 19:21 · JHN 19:27 · JHN 19:31 · JHN 19:35 · JHN 20:13 · JHN 20:15 · JHN 20:16 · JHN 20:19 · JHN 21:3 · JHN 21:7 · JHN 21:23 · ACT 1:19 · ACT 2:18 · ACT 2:41 · ACT 3:13 · ACT 3:23 · ACT 7:41 · ACT 8:1 · ACT 8:8 · ACT 9:37 · ACT 10:9 · ACT 12:1 · ACT 12:6 · ACT 14:21 · ACT 16:3 · ACT 16:33 · ACT 16:35 · ACT 19:16 · ACT 19:23 · ACT 20:2 · ACT 21:6 · ACT 22:11 · ACT 28:7 · ROM 6:21 · ROM 14:14 · ROM 14:15 · 1CO 9:25 · 1CO 10:11 · 1CO 10:28 · 1CO 15:11 · 2CO 7:8 · 2CO 8:9 · 2CO 8:14 · 2CO 8:14 · 2CO 10:18 · EPH 2:12 · 2TH 1:10 · 2TI 1:12 · 2TI 1:18 · 2TI 2:13 · 2TI 2:26 · 2TI 3:9 · 2TI 4:8 · TIT 3:7 · HEB 4:2 · HEB 4:11 · HEB 6:7 · HEB 8:7 · HEB 8:10 · HEB 10:16 · HEB 12:25 · JAS 1:7 · JAS 4:15 · 2PE 1:16 · 1JN 2:6 · 1JN 3:3 · 1JN 3:5 · 1JN 3:7 · 1JN 3:16 · 1JN 4:17 · 1JN 5:16 · REV 9:6 · REV 11:13

83.2 · Spacial Positions · Here, There

there, at that place a position relatively far from the speaker, writer, or viewpoint person

LUK 19:4 · HEB 11:15

1 In some contexts, for example, MRK 16:10, the implication of absence in a discourse setting becomes relatively weak. In a number of contexts both οὗτος (92.29) and ἐκεῖνος (92.30) may be translated by personal pronouns such as he, she, it, they. 2 As in the case of ὧδε[a] and ἐνθάδε (83.1), the semantic component of movement is not necessarily found in ἐκεῖ, ἐκεῖσε, and ἐκείνης.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐκεῖνος, -7, -o, (fr. ἐκεῖ, prop. the one there, οἵ. Germ. dortig, der dort), demonst. pron., that man, woman, thing (Lat. ille, illa, illud); properly of persons, things, times, places somewhat remote from the speaker. 1. used absolutely, a. in antithesis, referring to the more remote subject: opp. to οὗτος, Lk. xviii. 14; Jas. iv. 15; ὑμῖν . . ἐκείνοις, Mt. xiii. 11; Mk. iv. 11; ἐκεῖνοι - - . ἡμεῖς, Heb. xii. 25; ἄλλοι . . . ἄλλοι. . . ἐκεῖνος, Jn. 1x. 9; ἐκεῖvoy... ἐμέ, JN. iii. 30; οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι... ἐκεῖνος δέ, In. ii. 20 sq.; ὁ μὲν κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς [RG Τ' οπι. Ἰ. WH Tr mrg. br.] . .. ἐκεῖνοι δέ, Mk. xvi. 19 sq., ete. b. of noted persons (as in classic Grk.): in a bad sense, that notorious man, Jn. vii. 11; ix. 28; in a good sense, —of the Lord Jesus, 1 Jn. ii. 6; iii. 3, 5,7, 16; iv. 17; of the Holy Spirit, with an apposition added, ἐκεῖνος, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, Jn. xvi. 18. c. referring to a noun immediately preceding, he, she, it, (Lat. is, ea, id, Germ. selbiger) : Jn. vii. 45; v.46; Mk. xvi. 11; Acts iii. 13, ete.; cf. W. § 23, 1; {B. 104 (91). Here perhaps may be noticed its use together with αὐτός of the same subject in the same sentence: ἐζωγρημένοι ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ (i. 6. the devil) εἰς τὸ ἐκείνου θέλημα, 2 Tim. ii. 26; cf. Thue. 1, 132,65; 4, 29,3; Xen. Cyr. 4,5, 20; see Riddell, Apol. of Plato, App. § 49; Kiihner § 467, 12; cf. ζωγρέω, 2]; equiv. to an emphatic (Germ. er) he, ete., Mt. xvii. 27; Jn. i. 8; v.43; Tit. iii. 7; equiv. to the forcibly uttered Germ. der (that one etc.), in which sense it serves to recall and lay stress upon nouns just before used [ef. our resumptive the same; W. § 23,4]: Jn. i. 18; v.39; xii. 48; xiv. 26; xv. 26; esp. is it thus resumptive of a subject expressed participially [B. 306 (262 sq.)]: Mk. vii. 15 [T WHom. Tr br. the pron. ], 20; Jn.i. 33; ix. 37 (ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν, sc. ὁ vids τοῦ θεοῦ, see εἰμί, 11. 5); Jn. x. 1; xiv. 21; Ro. xiv. 14; 2 Co. x. 18; (Xen. Cyr. 6, 2, 33 ὁ yap λόγχην ἀκονῶν, ἐκεῖvos καὶ τὴν Ψυχήν τι παρακονᾷ). ἃ. foll. by ὅτι, Mt. xxiv. 43; foll. by ὅς, Jn. xiii. 26; Ro. xiv. 15. 2: joined with nouns, and then the noun with the article either precedes, or (somewhat more rarely) follows ἡ" ΟὟ. 162 (153)), [B. 119 (104) sq.]; 8. in contrasts: ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνη, Heb. viii. 7. ὍὌ. used to distinguish accurately from others the things or the persons spoken of, (Germ. selbig): Mt. vii. 25,27; x.15; xviii. 32; Mk. iii. 24 sq.; Lk. vi. 48 sq.; Jn. xviii. 15, and often; esp. of Time,—and of time past: ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, Dan 0°03, at that time which has been spoken of; said of time which the writer either cannot or will not define more precisely and yet wishes to be connected with the time of the events just narrated: Mt. iii. 1; Mk.i. 9; viii. 1; Lk. ii. 1, (Ex. ii. 11; Judg. xviii. 1; 1 5. xxviii. 1); ef. Fritzsche on Mt. p. 106 sq.; at the time under consideration: Lk. iv. 2; ix. 36; the same phrase is used of time future: Mt. xxiv. 19; Acts ii. 18 (fr. Joel ii. 29 (ili. 2)); Rev. ix. 6; likewise in the singular, ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, Lk. xvii. 31; Jn. xvi. 23,26. But the solemn phrase ἐκείνη ἡ ἡμέρα, οΥ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη, simply sets future time in opposition to the present, that fateful day, that decisive day, when the Messiah will come to judge: Mt. vii. 22> LK. vi. 235 x. 12; 2 Th.1.10; 2 Tim.1. 12,18; Rey. xvi. 14 (where L T Tr WH om. ἐκείνης) ; so in the phrase 6 αἰὼν ἐκεῖνος, Lk. xx. 35. 3. ἐκείνης (in Ree. δὲ ἐκείνης), scil. ὁδοῦ, adverbially, (by) that way: Lk. xix. 4; W. § 64, 5; [B. 171 (149); see ποῖος, fin.]. John’s use of the pronoun ἐκεῖνος is discussed by Steztz in the Stud. u. Krit. for 1859, p. 497 sqq.; 1861, p. 267 sqq., and by Alex. Buttmann, ibid. 1860, p. 505 sqq. and in Hilgenfeld’s Zeitsch. fiir wissenschaftl. Theol. 1862, p. 204 sqq-; Buttmann clearly proves in opp. to Steitz that John’s usage deviates in no respect from the Greek; Steitz, however, resorts to psychological considerations in the case of Jn. xix. 35, [regarding ἐκ. there as expressing the writer’s inward assurance. But Steitz is now understood to have modified his published views. |

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐκεῖνος ekeinos 265x

demonstrative adjective or noun, that, this, he, etc., Mt. 17:27; 10:14; 2 Tim. 4:8; in contrast with οὗτος, referring to the former of two things previously mentioned, Lk. 18:14

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐκεῖνος, -η, -ο

(< ἐκεῖ), [in LXX chiefly for הַהוּא ,הוּא, and cogn. forms ;]

demonstr. pron., that person or thing (ille), implying remoteness as compared with οὗτος (hic); absol., emphatic he, she, it: opp. to οὗτος, Lk 18:14, Ja 4:15; ἡμεῖς, He 12:25; ὑμεῖς, Mt 13:11, Mk 4:11; ἄλλοι, Jo 9:9; ἐγώ, Jo 3:30; to persons named, Mk 16:[10, 13, 20], Jo 2:21; of one (absent) who is not named, contemptuously (Abbott, JG, §§2385, 2732), Jo 7:11 9:28; with respect, of Christ, I Jo 2:6 3:3, al.; referring to a preceding noun, Mk 16:[10], Jo 7:45; resumption of a participial subject, Jo 1:33 9:37 10:1, Ro 14:14, al. (on its reference in Jo 19:35, v. Westc, in l.; Moffatt, Intr., 568; Sanday, Fourth Gospel, 77ff.).

As adj., joined, like οὗτος, to a noun with the article: Mt 7:25, Mk 3:24, Jo 18:15, al.; esp. of time, past or future: ἐν τ. ἡμέραις ἐ., Mt 3:1, Mk 1:9, Ac 2:18 (LXX), al.; ἐν ἐ. τ. ἡμέρᾳ, esp of the Parousia, Mt 7:22, Lk 6:23, II Th 1:10, II Ti 1:12; adverbially, ἐκεινής (sc. ὁδοῦ) = cl. ἐκεινῇ (Bl., §36, 13), that way, Lk 19:4.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐκεῖνος (ekeinos) — that. ἐκεῖνος, ἐκείνη, ἐκεῖνο, also κεῖνος (regular in Epic dialect, Ionic dialect (as [Refs 5th c.BC+] only where the metre requires,[Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; but not in Attic dialect Prose, and in Comedy texts only in mock Trag. passages): Aeolic dialect κῆνος [Refs 7th c.BC+]: Doric dialect τῆνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: in Comedy texts, strengthened ἐκεινοσί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκεινοσίν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: (ἐκεῖ):—demonstrative pronoun the person there, that person or thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally with reference to what has gone immediately before, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but when οὗτος and ἐκεῖνος refer to two things before mentioned, ἐκεῖνος, properly belongs to the more remote, in time, place, or thought, οὗτος to the nearer, [Refs 5th c.BC+] sometimes = the latter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρ᾽ οὗτός ἐστ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ὅν..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also joined as if one pronoun, τοῦτ᾽ ἐκεῖνο..δέρκομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ at that point of time, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνο, à propos, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. to denote wellknown persons, etc., κεῖνος μέγας θεός [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. b ἐκεῖνα the ideal world, [Refs]

3. for things, of which one cannot remember or must not mention the name, ={ὁ δεῖνα}, so-and-so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. b in formulae, τεθνάτω καὶ οἱ παῖδες οἱ ἐξ ἐκείνου [Refs]

4. with simple demonstrative force, Ἶρος ἐκεῖνος ἧσται Irus sits there, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῆες ἐκεῖναι ἐπιπλέουσιν there are ships sailing up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. in indirect speech where properly the reflexive pronoun αὑτοῦ would stand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

6. after a Relat. in apodosi almost pleonastic, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

7. in Aeolic dialect and Attic dialect the substantive with ἐκεῖνος properly has the Article (κῆνος ὤνηρ [Refs 7th c.BC+] may precede or follow the substantive, ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν στρατείαν ἐ., τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ ἐ., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but when this is the case in Prose, ἐκεῖνος follows the substantive, ἡμέρας ἐκείνης [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. adverb ἐκείνως in that case, [Refs]; in that way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect κείνως [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. dative feminine ἐκείνῃ as adverb,

III.1. of Place, at that place, in that neighbourhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κείνῃ (i.e. ὁδῷ) [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III.2. of Manner, in that manner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. with Preps., ἐξ ἐκείνου from that time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνα in that region, [Refs 5th c.BC+]afterwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἐπέκεινα.

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