Quick Definition
ὅδε, ἥδε, τόδε Dem.pr. this here, this
Strong's Definition
hede hay'-deh, and the neuter tode tod'-e from 3588 and 1161; the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
KJV Usage: he, she, such, these, thus
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
pdem. | ἥδε, τόδε
92.32 · Discourse Referentials · Demonstrative or Deictic Reference
this, he, she, it, they a reference to an entity regarded as relatively present in terms of the discourse setting, whether preceding or following
LUK 10:39 · ACT 21:11 · REV 2:1 · REV 2:8 · REV 2:12 · REV 2:18 · REV 3:1 · REV 3:7 · REV 3:14
92.33 · Discourse Referentials · Demonstrative or Deictic Reference
such and such, this or that a reference to indefinite alternatives
1 Much of the earlier meaning of ὅδε in the sense of here is lost in NT usage.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὅδε hode 10x
this, that, he, she, it, Lk. 10:39; 16:25; Acts 15:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὅδε, ἥδε, τόδε
(the old demonstr. pron., ὁ + the enclitic δε), = Lat. hicce, this (here),
referring prop. to what is present, can be seen or pointed out: of a person just named, τῇδε (= ταύτῃ), Lk 10:39; neut. pl., τάδε (λέγει), referring to words which follow (so in Att., and v. MM, xvii): Ac 21:11, Re 2:1, 8, 12, 18 3:1, 7, 14; εἰς τήνδε τ. πόλιν (= Att. τῇ καὶ τῇ, Plat., Legg., iv, 721 B), such and such a city, Ja 4:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὅδε. The NT phrase τάδε λέγει (Ac 2171, Rev 21 al.) may be compared with τάδε διέθετο, the regular formula in wills for introducing the testator’s dispositions, e.g. P Petr I. 16(1)}
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὅδε (hode, hēde) — this. ὅδε, ἥδε, τόδε, demonstrative pronoun, this, formed by adding the enclitic -δε to the old demonstrative pronoun ὁ, ἡ, τό, and declined like it through all cases: Epic dialect dative plural τοῖσδεσσι, τοῖσδεσσιν, as well as τοῖσδε, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Aeolic dialect genitive plural τῶνδεων [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ταδή [Refs 5th c.BC+] —ὅδε, like{οὗτος}, is opposed to ἐκεῖνος, to designate what is nearer as opposed to to what is more remote; but ὅδε refers more distinctly to what is present, to what can be seen or pointed out, though this distinction is sometimes not observed, e.g. ξύμπας Ἀχαιῶν λαός, ἐν δὲ τοῖσδ᾽ ἐγώ [Refs 5th c.BC+];— τοῦτον, ὅνπερ εἰσορᾷς [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I. of Place, to point out what is present or before one, Ἕκτορος ἥδε γυνή this is, or here is, the wife of Hector, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Comedy texts, ἐγὼ σιωπῶ τῷδ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and in Prose, ὧν Θεόδωρος εἷς ὅδε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of what belongs to this world, [Refs]
I.2. with Verbs of action, = here, ἀνδρί, ὅστις ὅδε κρατέει who holds sway here, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔγχος μὲν τόδε κεῖται ἐπὶ χθονός here it lies, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἥδ᾽ ἡ κορώνη.. λέγει the crow here.., variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+] here comes.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. with a person pronoun, ὅδ᾽ ἐγὼ.. ἤλυθον here am I come, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡμεῖς οἵδε περιφραζώμεθα let us here.., [Refs]; δῶρα δ᾽ ἐγὼν ὅδε.. παρασχέμεν here am I [ready] to provide.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with a proper name, ὅδ᾽ εἰμ᾽ Ὀρέστης [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.4. also with τίς and other interrogative words, τίς δ᾽ ὅδε Ναυσικάᾳ ἕπετα; who is this following her? [Refs]; τί κακὸν τόδε πάσχετ; what is this evil ye are suffering? [Refs]; πρὸς ποῖον ἂν τόνδ᾽.. ἔπλε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. in Trag. dialogue, ὅδε and ὅδ᾽ ἀνήρ, ={ἐγώ}, [Refs]; γυναικὸς τῆσδε, for ἐμοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ξὺν τῇδε χερί with this hand of mine, [Refs]
I.6. in [Refs 4th c.BC+] designates a particular thing, 'such and such', τοδὶ διὰ τοδὶ αἱρεῖται [Refs]; ἥδε ἡ ἰατρική, opposed to αὐτὴ ἡ ἰ., [Refs]; τόδε τι a this, i.e. a fully specified particular, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν [NT]
II. of Time, to indicate the immediate present, ἥδ᾽ ἡμέρα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but νυκτὸς τῆσδε in the night just past, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τῆσδε τῆς ὁδοῦ on this present journey, [Refs]; also ἀπόλλυμαι τάλας ἔτος τόδ᾽ ἤδη δέκατον now for these ten years, [Refs]; τῶνδε τῶν ἀσκητῶν athletes of the present day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. ἐς τόδε elliptic with genitive, ἐς τόδ᾽ ἡμέρας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῶς ἐς τόδ᾽ ἂν τόλμης ἔβ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. in sentences beginning this is.., the Engl. this is frequently represented by nominative plural neuter τάδ; ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔρανος τάδε γ᾽ ἐστίν this is not an ἔρανος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἆρ᾽ οὐχ ὕβρις τάδ; is not this insolence? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, Ἀπόλλων τάδ᾽ ἦν this was [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τάδ᾽ οὐχὶ Πελοπόννησος, ἀλλ᾽ Ἰωνία Inscription cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.2. to indicate something immediately to come, τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ (which then follows) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; see at {οὗτος} [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐκεῖνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+] [La_us] πρὸς τῆς τύχης ὄλωλεν, οὐδὲ τοῦδ᾽ ὕπο [by Oedipus] [Refs]
III.3. as 'antecedent' to a defining Relat., ὃν πόλις στήσειε, τοῦδε χρὴ κλύειν [Refs 8th c.BC+] is separate, as ὃς δέ κε μηρίνθοιο τύχῃ.., ὁ δ᾽ οἴσεται ἡμιπέλεκκα [Refs 8th c.BC+] sometimes has its deictic force and the relative clause merely explains, as νήσου τῆσδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἧς ναίει [Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV. Adverbial usage of some cases:
IV.1. τῇδε,
IV.1. a of Place, here, on the spot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV.1. b of Manner, thus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.2. accusative neuter τόδε with ἱκάνω, etc., hither, to this spot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV.2. b therefore, on this account, τόδε χώεο [Refs]: so also accusative plural neuter, τάδε γηθήσειε on this account, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV.3. dative plural neuter, τοισίδε in or with these words, τοισίδε ἀμείβεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοισίδε προέχει in these respects, [Refs]
