Strong's Lexicon
G3606 — ὅθεν
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3606 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὅθεν |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | from G3739 with the directive enclitic of source |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 15 |
| Transliteration: | hothen |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hoth'-en |
| Meaning: | 1. from which place or source or cause (adverb or conjunction) |
| KJV Renderings: | from thence, (from) whence, where(-by, -fore, -upon) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὅθεν (from the relative pronoun ὁ and the enclitic θεν which denotes motion from a place) (from Homer down), adverb, from which; whence; it is used a. of the place from which: Mat 12:44; Luk 11:24; Act 14:26; Act 28:13; by attraction for ἐκεῖθεν ὅπου etc., Mat 25:24; Mat 25:26; cf. Buttmann, § 143, 12; (Winers Grammar, 159 (150)).
b. of the source from which a thing is known, from which, whereby: 1Jn 2:18.
c. of the cause from which, for which reason, wherefore, on which account (A. V. whereupon (in the first two instances)): Mat 14:7; Act 26:19; Heb 2:17; Heb 3:1; Heb 7:25; Heb 8:3; Heb 9:18; Heb 11:19; often in the last three books of Macc.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὅθεν (from thence)
Matthew 12:44
- KJV: Then he saith I will return into my house from whence I came out and when he is come he findeth empty swept and garnished
- GK: τότε λέγει επιστρέψω εις τον οίκόν μου όθεν εξήλθον και ελθόν ευρίσκει σχολάζοντα σεσαρωμένον και κεκοσμημένον
Matthew 14:7
- KJV: Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask
- GK: όθεν μεθ΄ όρκου ωμολόγησεν αυτή δούναι ο εάν αιτήσηται
Matthew 25:24
- KJV: Then he which had received the one talent came and said Lord I knew thee that thou art an hard man reaping where thou hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not strawed
- GK: προσελθών δε και ο το εν τάλαντον ειληφώς είπε κύριε έγνων σε ότι σκληρός ει άνθρωπος θερίζων όπου ουκ έσπειρας και συνάγων όθεν ου διεσκόρπισας
Matthew 25:26
- KJV: His lord answered and said unto him wicked and slothful servant thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not and gather where I have not strawed
- GK: αποκριθείς δε ο κύριος αυτού είπεν αυτώ πονηρέ δούλε και οκνηρέ ήδεις ότι θερίζω όπου ουκέσπειρα και συνάγω όθεν ου διεσκόρπισα
Luke 11:24
- KJV: When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest and finding none he saith I will return unto my house whence I came out
- GK: όταν το ακάθαρτον πνεύμα εξέλθη από του ανθρώπου διέρχεται δι΄ ανύδρων τόπων ζητούν ανάπαυσιν και μη ευρίσκον λέγει υποστρέψω εις τον οίκόν μου όθεν εξήλθον
Acts 14:26
- KJV: And thence sailed to Antioch from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled
- GK: κακείθεν απέπλευσαν εις Αντιόχειαν όθεν ήσαν παραδεδομένοι τη χάριτι του θεού εις το έργον ο επλήρωσαν
Acts 26:19
- KJV: Whereupon O king Agrippa I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision
- GK: όθεν βασιλεύ Αγρίππα ουκ εγενόμην απειθής τη ουρανίω οπτασία
Acts 28:13
- KJV: And from thence we fetched a compass and came to Rhegium and after one day the south wind blew and we came the next day to Puteoli
- GK: όθεν περιελθόντες κατηντήσαμεν εις Ρήγιον και μετά μίαν ημέραν επιγενομένου νότου δευτεραίοι ήλθομεν εις Ποτιόλους
Hebrews 2:17
- KJV: Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto brethren that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things to God to make reconciliation for the sins of the people
- GK: όθεν ώφειλε κατά πάντα τοις αδελφοίς ομοιωθήναι ίνα ελεήμων γένηται και πιστός αρχιερεύς τα προς τον θεόν εις το ιλάσκεσθαι τας αμαρτίας του λαού