demonstrative
ekeinos
Strong’sG1565
that, that one there, yonder
stem ekein-243 times in the New Testamentin 17 of 27 books20 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
That, that one, that person or thing — a demonstrative pronoun pointing to someone or something viewed as more remote or distinct from "this," standing in contrast to "this one" 13. Used absolutely, it serves as an emphatic "he," "she," "it," or "they," picking up a person or thing already mentioned: a named individual, an unnamed person referred to at a distance (sometimes dismissively), or, with respect, Christ himself 1. Strong's notes that, depending on context, it can be rendered "he," "it," "the other," "the same," "this," or "those" 2; Dodson glosses it simply as "that, that one there, yonder" 4.
It is also used adjectively together with a noun and the article, exactly like the word for "this," especially in expressions of time such as "in those days" or "on that day," the latter often referring to the day of Christ's return 1. In this adjectival use the word may stand before or after its noun 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἐκεῖνος, -η, -ο
(< ἐκεῖ), [in LXX chiefly for הַהוּא,הוּא, and cogn. forms;]
demonstr. pron.,G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1565 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidek-i'-nos
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
Fromfrom G1563;
King Jameshe, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
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Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ekeinos58×ἐκεῖνος | ekeinas9×ἐκείνη | ekeinem4×ἐκεῖνο | ekeinois17×ἐκεῖνοι | ekeinais5×ἐκεῖναι | ekeineim1×ἐκεῖνα |
| object accusative | ekeinon12×ἐκεῖνον | ekeinan10×ἐκείνην | ekeinoin5×ἐκείνους | ekeinain2×ἐκείνας | ||
| direct address vocative | ekeinor | ekeinar | ekeinoir | ekeinair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | ekeinou20×ἐκείνου | ekeinau19×ἐκείνης | ekeineu2×ἐκείνου | ekeinoiu7×ἐκείνων | ekeinaiu1×ἐκείνων | ekeineiu1×ἐκείνων |
| to, for dative | ekeino9×ἐκείνῳ | ekeina38×ἐκείνῃ | ekeine | ekeinoi8×ἐκείνοις | ekeinai15×ἐκείναις | ekeinei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ekein is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
243 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
ekeinos“he”subjectnominative singular58×, 7 shown
Matthew 18:28exercharantos de tos doulos ekeinos heuriskata henon toiu sundouloiu autou hos …But when that servant went out, he found one …
Matthew 24:46makarios tos doulos ekeinos hon ercharantos tos kurios autou heuriskati …Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing …
Matthew 24:48“that”ean de legateia tos kakosos doulos ekeinos en ta kardia autou; Chronizatō mu …But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will …
Matthew 26:24“that”… auto ei ouk gennita tos anthrōpos ekeinos.… for him if he had not been born.”
Matthew 27:8dio kalita tos agros ekeinos Agros Haimeu heōs tau sēmeron.That is why it has been called …
Matthew 27:63legarōntois; Kurior, mimnēskina hoti ekeinos tos planos legata ēti zōarōntos; Meta …… remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I …
Mark 14:21“that”… auto ei ouk gennita tos anthrōpos ekeinos.… better for him if he had not been born.”
ekeinon“that”objectaccusative singular12×, 7 shown
Matthew 13:44… hoseim echatō kai agorazatō ton agron ekeinon.… sold all he had and bought that field.
Matthew 17:27… anoigarantos tem stomem autou heuriskasi statēron; ekeinon labarantos dōasar autoi anti mu kai …“But so that we may not offend them, go …
Luke 18:14“the other”… dikaiorēntos eis ton oikon autou para ekeinon; hoti pantos tos hupsarōntos heauton tapeiniti, …… this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the …
Luke 20:18“that”pantos tos piptarantos epi ekeinon ton lithon sunthliti; epi hon de …Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls …
John 3:30ekeinon datō auxanarō, min de elattorō.He must increase; I must decrease.
John 5:43… erchateia en te onome te idie, ekeinon labevi.… his own name, you will receive him.
John 13:27… meta tem psōmiem tote eiserchata eis ekeinon tos Satanos. legatō oun auto tos …… taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What …
ekeinou“that”of, belonging togenitive singular20×, 7 shown
Matthew 12:45… kai genotō teim eschateim tou anthrōpou ekeinou cheirōneim teiu prōteiu. houtōs eti kai …… there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first …
Matthew 14:35… epignōskarantois auton tois androis tou topou ekeinou apostelala eis holan tan perichōran ekeinan, …And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word …
Matthew 18:27“that”splanchnizirantos de tos kurios tou doulou ekeinou apoluata auton, kai tem daneiem afiēkata …His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.
Matthew 24:50hēkati tos kurios tou doulou ekeinou en hēmera ha ouk prosdokatō kai …The master of that servant will come on a day …
Luke 11:26… kai genotō teim eschateim tou anthrōpou ekeinou cheirōneim teiu prōteiu.… there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
Luke 12:46hēkati tos kurios tou doulou ekeinou en hēmera ha ouk prosdokatō kai …The master of that servant will come on a day …
Luke 20:35“that”tois de kataxiirantois tou aiōnou ekeinou tuchara kai tau anastasiau tau ek …But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will …
ekeino“that”to, fordative singular9×, 6 shown
Matthew 11:25En ekeino to kairo apokrinirantos tos Iēsus legata; …At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You …
Matthew 12:1En ekeino to kairo poreuita tos Iēsus tei …At that time Jesus went through the grainfields …
Matthew 14:1En ekeino to kairo akouata Hērōdos tos tetraarchos …At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the …
Matthew 26:24… peri autou, ouai de to anthrōpo ekeino dia hou tos huios tou anthrōpou …… written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed …
Matthew 27:19… legarōntas; Mēdenem si kai to dikaio ekeino, polleim gar paschama sēmeron kata onarem …… message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered …
Mark 14:21… peri autou, ouai de to anthrōpo ekeino dia hou tos huios tou anthrōpou …… written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed …
ekeinas“that”subjectnominative singular9×, 6 shown
Mark 3:24“that”… meriziteia, ouk dunotō stēira tas basileias ekeinas;… kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
Mark 3:25“that”… heautan meriziteia, ouk duneti tas oikias ekeinas stēira;… house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
Mark 16:10ekeinas poreuirantas apangelata toi meta autou generantoi …She went and told those who had …
Luke 21:34… epistēateia epi vin aifnidias tas hēmeras ekeinas… and the worries of life — and that day will spring upon you suddenly …
John 11:29ekeinas de hōs akouata egerita tachu kai …And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to …
John 20:15… Iēsus; Gunaikar, tinem klaiasō? tinon zētasō? ekeinas dokarōntas hoti tos kēpouros atō legatō …… seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried …
ekeinan“that”objectaccusative singular10×, 6 shown
Matthew 9:26… fēmas houtas eis holan tan gēan ekeinan.… the news about this spread throughout that region.
Matthew 14:35“that”… ekeinou apostelala eis holan tan perichōran ekeinan, kai prosferala auto pantoin toin kakōs …… men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him
Matthew 18:32“that”… auto; Doulor ponēror, pantan tan ofeilan ekeinan afiēkama si, epei parakalasa min;… said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
Mark 6:55peritrechala holan tan chōran ekeinan kai archela epi toi krabattoi toin …and ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on …
Mark 13:24“that”… ekeinai tai hēmerai meta tan thlipsian ekeinan tos hēlios skotiziti, kai tas selēnas …But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not …
Luke 15:14… geneta limas ischuras kata tan chōran ekeinan, kai autos archeta husterorō.… had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be …
ekeinau“that”of, belonging togenitive singular19×, 7 shown
Matthew 8:28… ischuarō tinon parerchara dia tau hodau ekeinau.… violent that no one could pass that way.
Matthew 9:22… sōzita tas gunaikas apo tau hōrau ekeinau.… And the woman was healed from that very hour.
Matthew 10:14… exō tau oikiau ē tau polau ekeinau ektinassavar ton koniorton toiu podoiu vu.… off your feet when you leave that home or town.
Matthew 15:28… tas thugatras autau apo tau hōrau ekeinau.… And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Matthew 17:18… therapeuita tos paidos apo tau hōrau ekeinau.… boy, and he was healed from that moment.
Matthew 22:46… auto logon, oude tolmata tinos apo ekeinau tau hēmerau eperōtara auton ouketi.… to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to …
Matthew 24:36Peri de tau hēmerau ekeinau kai hōrau oudenos oidatē, oude tois …No one knows about that day or hour, not even the …
ekeina“that”to, fordative singular38×, 7 shown
Matthew 7:22pollois legali mi en ekeina ta hēmera; Kurior kurior, ouk te …Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not …
Matthew 7:25… tois anemois kai prospiptala ta oikia ekeina, kai ouk piptata, themeliotelē gar epi …… the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall …
Matthew 7:27… tois anemois kai proskoptala ta oikia ekeina, kai piptata, kai ate tas ptōsias …… the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell— and great …
Matthew 8:13“that”… iita tos paidos en ta hōra ekeina.… And his servant was healed at that very hour.
Matthew 9:31“that”… diafēmizala auton en hola ta gēa ekeina.… out and spread the news about Him throughout the …
Matthew 10:15… en hēmera krisiau ē ta pola ekeina.… the day of judgment than for that town.
Matthew 10:19… tinem lalaveia; dōiti gar vi en ekeina ta hōra tinem lalaveia;… respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what …
ekeinem“that”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Matthew 24:43ekeinem de gnōskavōr hoti ei oidatelē tos …But understand this: If the homeowner had known in …
Acts 1:19… katoikarōntoi Ierousalēm, hōste kalira tem chōriem ekeinem ta idia dialekta autoiu Hakeldamach, houtem …… lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama …
James 4:15… kai zōani kai poiani houtem ē ekeinem.… will live and do this or that.”
Mark 7:20… hoti Tem ek tou anthrōpou ekporeuorōntem ekeinem koinatō ton anthrōpon;… What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
ekeineu“that”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
John 19:31… sabbate, ate gar megas tas hēmeras ekeineu teu sabbateu, erōtala ton Pilaton hina …… was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on …
Acts 22:11“that”… emblepame apo tau doxau teu fōteu ekeineu, cheiragōgorōntos hupo toiu suneiarōntoiu mi erchama …Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand …
ekeinois“they”subjectnominative plural17×, 7 shown
Matthew 22:10“those”kai exercharantois tois doulois ekeinois eis tain hodain sunagala pantoin hoin …So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they …
Mark 4:20“those”kai ekeinois alō tois epi tan gēan tan …Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive …
Mark 12:7“those”ekeinois de tois geōrgois pros heautoin legala …But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is …
Mark 16:20ekeinois de exercharantois kērussala pantachou, tou kuriou …And they went out and preached everywhere, and …
Luke 12:37makariois tois doulois ekeinois, hoin ercharantos tos kurios heuriskati grēgorarōntoin; …Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on …
Luke 12:38… erchateia kai heuriskateia houtōs, makariois alō ekeinois.… the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
Luke 13:4ē ekeinois tois dekaoktō epi hoin piptata tos …Or those eighteen who were killed when the …
ekeinoin“those”objectaccusative plural5×
Matthew 22:7… teim strateumeim autou apolata toin fonevoin ekeinoin kai tan polan autoiu empimprēata.… he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
Luke 8:32“these”… parakalala auton hina epitrepateia autei eis ekeinoin eiserchara; kai epitrepata autei.… the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
John 10:35ei ekeinoin legata theoin pros hoin tos logos …If he called them gods to whom the word of …
Acts 16:35… toin rabdouchoin legarōntois; Apoluasar toin anthrōpoin ekeinoin.… their officers with the order: “Release those men.”
Hebrews 4:2… ouk ōfelata tos logos tau akoau ekeinoin, mē sunkerannuorēntoin ta pistia toi akouarantoi.… of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of …
ekeinoiu“those”of, belonging togenitive plural7×, 6 shown
Matthew 25:19… chronon erchotō tos kurios toiu douloiu ekeinoiu kai sunairatō logon meta autoiu… a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with …
Luke 14:24… gar vi hoti oudenos toiu androiu ekeinoiu toiu kalorēntoiu geueti mu teu deipneu.… I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste …
Acts 10:9“they”Ta de epaurion hodoiporarōntoiu ekeinoiu kai ta pola engizarōntoiu anabainata Petros …The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the …
Romans 6:21… hei nun epaischunovō? tem gar telem ekeinoiu thanatos;… are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
2 Corinthians 8:14… kairo tem vu perisseumem eis tem ekeinoiu husterēmem, hina kai tem ekeinoiu perisseumem …… present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their …
2 Corinthians 8:14… tem ekeinoiu husterēmem, hina kai tem ekeinoiu perisseumem geneteia eis tem vu husterēmem, …… their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This …
ekeinoi“them”to, fordative plural8×, 6 shown
Matthew 13:11… teim mustērieim tau basileiau toiu ouranoiu, ekeinoi de ouk dōotē.… given to you, but not to them.
Matthew 20:4“them”kai ekeinoi legata; Hupagavōr kai vis eis ton …‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I …
Matthew 21:40… tou ampelōnou, tinem poiati toi geōrgoi ekeinoi?… returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
Mark 4:11“those”… mustēriem dōotē tau basileiau tou theou; ekeinoi de toi exō en parabolai teim …… mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
Mark 16:13kakeinois apercharantois apangelala toi loipoi; oude ekeinoi pisteuala.… rest, but they did not believe them either.
Acts 16:3“those”… Ioudaioin toin arōntoin en toi topoi ekeinoi, oidalelē gar hapantois hoti Hellēnos tos …… of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
ekeinais“those”subjectnominative plural5×
Matthew 24:22kai ei mē kolobila tais hēmerais ekeinais, ouk an sōzita pantas sarkas; dia …If those days had not been cut short …
Matthew 24:22… de toin eklektoin kolobili tais hēmerais ekeinais.… for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
Matthew 25:7“those”tote egerila pantais tais parthenais ekeinais kai kosmala tain lampadain heautaiu.Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
Mark 13:19eli gar tais hēmerais ekeinais thlipsias hoias ouk genatē toioutas apo …For those will be days of tribulation unseen …
John 5:39“they”… en autai zōan aiōnian echarō; kai ekeinais alō tais marturarōntais peri mu;… that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
ekeinain“those”objectaccusative plural2×
Hebrews 8:10… to oiko Israēl meta tain hēmerain ekeinain, legatō kurios, dōarōntos nomoin mu eis …… with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will …
Hebrews 10:16… diatithemi pros autoin meta tain hēmerain ekeinain, legatō kurios, dōarōntos nomoin mu epi …… I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will …
ekeinaiu“those”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Matthew 24:29… de meta tan thlipsian taiu hēmeraiu ekeinaiu tos hēlios skotiziti, kai tas selēnas …Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened …
ekeinai“those”to, fordative plural15×, 7 shown
Matthew 3:1En de tai hēmerai ekeinai paragenotō Iōannos tos baptistos kērussarōntos en …In those days John the Baptist came, preaching …
Matthew 24:19“those”… gastra echarōntai kai tai thēlazarōntai en ekeinai tai hēmerai.… miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
Mark 1:9Kai geneta en ekeinai tai hēmerai erchata Iēsus apo Nazaret …In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in …
Mark 8:1En ekeinai tai hēmerai palin pollou ochlou arōntou …In those days the crowd once again became …
Mark 13:17“those”… gastra echarōntai kai tai thēlazarōntai en ekeinai tai hēmerai.… miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
Mark 13:24Alla en ekeinai tai hēmerai meta tan thlipsian ekeinan …But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun …
Luke 2:1Geneta de en tai hēmerai ekeinai exerchata dogmem para Kaisarou Augoustou apograforō …Now in those days a decree went out from …
ekeineim“those”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Acts 20:2“those”diercharantos de teim mereim ekeineim kai parakalarantos autoin logo pollo erchata …… traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived …
ekeineiu“that”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Matthew 15:22“that”… idou gunaikas Chananaias apo teiu horeiu ekeineiu exercharantas krazate legarōntas; Elēasar min, kurior …And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter …