Strong G1563ἐκεῖ

there

Transliteration
ekei
Pronunciation
ek-i'
Morphology
Greek Adverb

Definition

Of uncertain affinity;
there; by extension thither: - there thither (-ward) (to) yonder (place).

Detailed definition

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
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In the Bible

Strong G1563 appears in 98 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • there85
  • thither7
  • yonder2
  • for1
  • thitherward1
  • unto1

First verses

  1. Matthew 2:13
    And 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.
  2. Matthew 2:15
    And 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.
  3. Matthew 2:22
    But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea 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:
  4. Matthew 5:24
    Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
  5. Matthew 6:21
    For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
  6. Matthew 8:12
    But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  7. Matthew 12:45
    Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
  8. Matthew 13:42
    And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
  9. Matthew 13:50
    And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
  10. Matthew 13:58
    And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
  11. Matthew 14:23
    And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
  12. Matthew 15:29
    And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
  13. Matthew 17:20
    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.
  14. Matthew 18:20
    For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
  15. Matthew 19:2
    And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
  16. Matthew 21:17
    And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
  17. Matthew 22:11
    And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
  18. Matthew 22:13
    Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  19. Matthew 24:28
    For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
  20. Matthew 24:51
    And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκεῖ
(not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus))], Aeolic dialect κῆ [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 51)]: Doric dialect τηνεῖ (which see):— adverb there, in that place, opposed to ἐνθάδε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.83; οἱ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 685, etc.)]; τἀκεῖ what is or happens there, events there, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578.5, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90; redundant, οὗ ἦν ἐ. LXX.1Ki.9.10.)]
2 frequently as euphemistic for ἐν Ἅιδου, in another world, κἀκεῖ δικάζει τἀμπλακήματα Ζεὺς ἄλλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 230, compare “Ch.” 359 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 76; εὐδαιμονοίτην, ἀλλ᾽ἐ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1073; εὔκολος μὲν ἐνθάδ᾽, εὔκολος δ᾽ ἐκεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 82, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 64a, +others; in full, ἐκεῖ δ᾽ ἐν Ἅιδου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 418)]; οἱ ἐ. euphemistic for the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 355 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 776, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.61.)]
3 Philos., in the intelligible world, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.2.7, 2.4.5, etc.)]
II with Verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither, ἐ. πλέομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.147)]; ἐ. ἀπικέσθαι variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.108; ὁδοῦ τῆς ἐ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1019; οἱ ἐ. καταπεφευγότες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.71, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.101.10; βλέψον δὲ κἀκεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 103.)]
III rarely, of Time, then, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 395 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.38.)]