Strong's Lexicon
G1565 — ἐκεῖνος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1565 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκεῖνος |
| Part of Speech: | p/d. |
| Etymology: | from G1563 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 243 |
| Transliteration: | ekeinos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-ei`-nos |
| Meaning: | 1. that one 2. (neuter) that thing {often intensified by the article prefixed} |
| KJV Renderings: | he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκεῖνος, ἐκείνῃ, ἐκεῖνο (from ἐκεῖ, properly, the one there, cf. German dortig,derdort), demonstrative pronoun, that man, woman, thing (Latinille,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: opposed to οὗτος, Luk 18:14; Jas 4:15; ὑμῖν ... ἐκείνοις, Mat 13:11; Mar 4:11; ἐκεῖνοι ... ἡμεῖς, Heb 12:25; ἄλλοι ... ἄλλοι ... ἐκεῖνος, Joh 9:9; ἐκεῖνον ... ἐμέ, Joh 3:30; οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ... ἐκεῖνος δέ, Joh 2:20 f; ὁ μέν κύριος Ἰησοῦς (R G T omit Ἰησοῦς WH Tr marginal reading brackets) ... ἐκεῖνοι δέ, Mar 16:19 f, etc.
b. of noted persons (as in classic Greek): in a bad sense, that notorious man, Joh 7:11; Joh 9:28; in a good sense — of the Lord Jesus, 1Jn 2:6; 1Jn 3:3; 1Jn 3:5; 1Jn 3:7; 1Jn 3:16; 1Jn 4:17; of the Holy Spirit, with an apposition added, ἐκεῖνος, τό πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, Joh 16:13.
c. referring to a noun immediately preceding, he, she, it, (Latinis,ea,id, German selbiger): Joh 7:45; Joh 5:46; Mar 16:11; Act 3:13, etc.; cf. Winers Grammar, § 23, 1; (Buttmann, 104 (91). Here perhaps may be noticed its use together with αὐτός of the same subject in the same sentence: ἐζωγρημένοι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ (i. e. the devil) εἰς τό ἐκείνου θέλημα, 2Ti 2:26; cf. Thucydides 1, 132, 6; 4, 29, 3; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 5, 20; see Riddell, the Apology of Plato, Appian, § 49; Kühner, § 467, 12; cf. ζωγρέω 2); equivalent to an emphatic (German er) he, etc., Mat 17:27; Joh 1:8; Joh 5:43; Tit 3:7; equivalent to the forcibly uttered German der (that one etc.), in which sense it serves to recall and lay stress upon nouns just before used (cf. our resumptive the same; Winer’s Grammar, § 23, 4): Joh 1:18; Joh 5:39; Joh 12:48; Joh 14:26; Joh 15:26; especially is it thus resumptive of a subject expressed participially (Buttmann, 306 (262f)): Mar 7:15 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the pronoun), Mar 7:20; Joh 1:33; Joh 9:37 (ἐκεῖνος ἐστιν, namely, ὁ υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, see εἰμί, II. 5); Joh 10:1; Joh 14:21; Rom 14:14; 2Co 10:18; (Xenophon, Cyril 6, 2, 33 ὁ γάρ λογχην ἀκονων, ἐκεῖνος καί τήν ψυχήν τί παρακονα).
d. followed by ὅτι, Mat 24:43; followed by ὅς, Joh 13:26; Rom 14:15.
2. joined with nouns, and then the noun with the article either precedes, or (somewhat more rarely) follows it (Winers Grammar, 162 (153)) (Buttmann, 119f (104f));
a. in contrasts: ἡ πρώτη ἐκείνῃ, Heb 8:7.
b. used to distinguish accurately from others the things or the persons spoken of, (German selbig): Mat 7:25; Mat 7:27; Mat 10:15; Mat 18:32; Mar 3:24; Luk 6:48; Joh 18:15, and often; especially of Time — and of time past: ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, äÈäÅí áÇÌéÈîÄéí, 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: Mat 3:1; Mar 1:9; Mar 8:1; Luk 2:1 (Exo 2:11; Jdg 18:1; 1Sa 28:1); cf. Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 106f; at the time under consideration: Luk 4:2; Luk 9:36; the same phrase is used of time future: Mat 24:19; Act 2:18 (from Joe 2:29 ()); Rev 9:6; likewise in the singular, ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρα, Luk 17:31; Joh 16:23; Joh 16:26. But the solemn phrase ἐκείνῃ ἡ ἡμέρα, or ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνῃ, simply sets future time in opposition to the present, that fateful day, that decisive day, when the Messiah will come to judge: Mat 7:22; Luk 6:23; Luk 10:12; 2Th 1:10; 2Ti 1:12; 2Ti 1:18; Rev 16:14 (where L T Tr WH omit ἐκείνης); so in the phrase ὁ αἰών ἐκεῖνος, Luk 20:35.
3. ἐκείνης (in Rec. δἰ ἐκείνης), scil. ὁδοῦ, adverbially, (by) that way: Luk 19:4; Winers Grammar, § 64, 5; (Buttmann, 171 (149); see ποῖος, at the end). John’s use of the pronoun ἐκεῖνος is discussed by Steitz in the Studien und Kritiken for 1859, p. 497ff; 1861, p. 267ff, and by Alex. Buttmann, ibid. 1860, p. 505ff and in Hilgenfeld’s Zeitsch. für wissenschaftl. Theol. 1862, p. 204ff; Buttmann clearly proves in opposition to Steitz that John’s usage deviates in no respect from the Greek; Steitz, however, resorts to psychological considerations in the case of Joh 19:35 (regarding ἐκεῖνος there as expressing the writer’s inward assurance. But Steitz is now understood to have modified his published views.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκεῖνος (he)
Matthew 3:1
- KJV: In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judaea
- GK: εν δε ταις ημέραις εκείναις παραγίνεται Ιωάννης ο Βαπτιστής κηρύσσων εν τη ερήμω της Ιουδαίας
Matthew 7:22
- KJV: Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name done many wonderful works
- GK: πολλοί ερούσί μοι εν εκείνη τη ημέρα κύριε κύριε ου τω σω ονόματι προεφητεύσαμεν και τω σω ονόματι δαιμόνια εξεβάλομεν και τω σω ονόματι δυνάμεις πολλάς εποιήσαμεν
Matthew 7:25
- KJV: And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock
- GK: και κατέβη η βροχή και ήλθον οι ποταμοί και έπνευσαν οι άνεμοι και προσέπεσον τη οικία εκείνη και ουκ έπεσε τεθεμελίωτο γαρ επί την πέτραν
Matthew 7:27
- KJV: And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell and great was the fall of it
- GK: και κατέβη η βροχή και ήλθον οι ποταμοί και έπνευσαν οι άνεμοι και προσέκοψαν τη οικία εκείνη και έπεσε και ην η πτώσις αυτής μεγάλη
Matthew 8:13
- KJV: And Jesus said unto the centurion Go thy way and as thou hast believed be it done unto thee And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour
- GK: και είπεν ο Ιησούς τω εκατοντάρχη ύπαγε και ως επίστευσας γενηθήτω σοι και ιάθη ο παις αυτού εν τη ώρα εκείνη
Matthew 8:28
- KJV: And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes there met him two possessed with devils coming out of the tombs exceeding fierce so that no man might pass by that way
- GK: και ελθόντι αυτώ εις το πέραν εις την χώραν των Γεργεσηνών υπήντησαν αυτώ δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι εκ των μνημείων εξερχόμενοι χαλεποί λίαν ώστε μη ισχύειν τινά παρελθείν διά της οδού εκείνης
Matthew 9:22
- KJV: But Jesus turned him about and when he saw her he said Daughter be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee whole And the woman was made whole from that hour
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς επιστραφείς και ιδών αυτήν είπε θάρσει θύγατερ η πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε και εσώθη η γυνή από της ώρας εκείνης
Matthew 9:26
- KJV: And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land
- GK: και εξήλθεν η φήμη αύτη εις όλην την γην εκείνην
Matthew 9:31
- KJV: But they when they were departed spread abroad his fame in all that country
- GK: οι δε εξελθόντες διεφήμισαν αυτόν εν όλη τη γη εκείνη