adverb
ekeithen
Strong’sG1564
thence, from that place
stem ekeithen-27 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 booksnever changes form
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
ἐκεῖθεν means "from that place, thence" 1234 — indicating motion or origin away from a place already mentioned or understood 123. It can also be used of time, meaning "thereafter, thenceforward" 13.
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
Strong’s G1564 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidek-i'-then
thence
Fromfrom G1563;
King Jamesfrom that place, (from) thence, there.
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
poetry κεῖθεν (the only form used by Refs 8th c.BC+: Aeolic dialect κήνοθεν Refs 7th c.BC+: Doric dialect τηνῶθεν Refs 5th c.BC+; τηνῶθε Refs 3rd c.BC+:— adverb from that place, thence, opposed to ἐκεῖσε, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a person, τἀκεῖθεν εἰ ποθούμεθα on his part, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 ={ἐκεῖ}, οἱ ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+ on yon side of the grove, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 by attraction for ἐκεῖσε, βῆναι κεῖθεν ὅθενπερ ἥκει Refs 5th c.BC+
II thence, from that fact, γνοίη δ᾽ ἄν τις ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+
III of Time, thenceforward, Refs 8th c.BC+
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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
27 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 4:21Kai probainarantos ekeithen horata allosoin duo adelfoin, Iakōbon ton …Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James …
Matthew 5:26“there”amēn legamō si, ouk mē exerchaseia ekeithen heōs an apodōaseia ton eschaton kodranton.Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
Matthew 9:9Kai paragarōntos tos Iēsus ekeithen horata anthrōpon kathorōnton epi tem telōniem, …As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew …
Matthew 9:27Kai paragarōnto ekeithen to Iēso akolouthala auto duo tuflois …As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying …
Matthew 11:1… diatassarōntos toi dōdeka mathētoi autou, metabainata ekeithen teu didaskarō kai kērussarō en tai …… His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their …
Matthew 12:9Kai metabainarantos ekeithen erchata eis tan sunagōgan autoiu;Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,
Matthew 12:15“from there”Tos de Iēsus gnōskarantos anachōrata ekeithen. kai akolouthala auto pollois, kai therapeuata …Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,
Matthew 13:53“from there”… tos Iēsus tain parabolain houtain, metairata ekeithen.When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew …
Matthew 14:13“from there”Akouarantos de tos Iēsus anachōrata ekeithen en ploie eis erēmon topon kata …When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the …
Matthew 15:21“from there”Kai exercharantos ekeithen tos Iēsus anachōrata eis teim mereim …… that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre …
Matthew 15:29Kai metabainarantos ekeithen tos Iēsus erchata para tan thalassan …Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of …
Matthew 19:15kai epititharantos tain cheirain autei poreuita ekeithen.… hands on them, He went on from there.
Mark 6:1Kai exerchata ekeithen, kai erchotō eis tan patridan autou, …Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied …
Mark 6:10“from there”… oikian, ekei menavōr heōs an exerchaveia ekeithen.… enter a house, stay there until you leave that area.
Mark 6:11“from there”… decheteia vin mēde akoualeia vu, ekporeuorōntois ekeithen ektinassavar ton chouon ton hupokatō toiu …… will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as …
Mark 10:1“from there”Kai ekeithen anastēarantos erchotō eis teim horeim tau …Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea …
Luke 9:4“from there”… an oikian eiserchaveia, ekei menavōr kai ekeithen exerchovōr.Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that area.
Luke 12:59“there”legamō si, ouk mē exerchaseia ekeithen heōs kai tem eschatem leptem apodōaseia.I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
Luke 16:26… enthen pros vin mē dunoleiō, mēde ekeithen pros nin diaperaleiō.… to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
John 4:43“from there”Meta de tain duo hēmerain exerchata ekeithen eis tan Galilaian;After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
John 11:54“from there”… peripatate en toi Ioudaioi, alla aperchata ekeithen eis tan chōran engus tau erēmau, …… no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
Acts 13:4… teu hagieu pneumeu katerchala eis Seleukeian, ekeithen tē apoplala eis Kupran,… went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
Acts 18:7“there”kai metabainarantos ekeithen eiserchata eis oikian tinou onome Titiou …So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house …
Acts 20:13… tem ploiem anagina epi tan Assan, ekeithen mellarōntois analabarō ton Paulon, houtōs gar …… arranged this because he was going there on foot.
Acts 27:12“from there”… paracheimasian tois polloterois tithela boulan anagira ekeithen, ei pōs dunoloiō katantarantois eis Foinixon …… unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a …
Revelation 22:2“from there,”… autau; kai tou potamou enteuthen kai ekeithen xulem zōau poiarōntem karpoin dōdeka, kata …… side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves …
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Mark 7:24“from there”Ekeithen de anastēarantos aperchata eis teim horeim …… that place and went to the region of Tyre …