Ekeinos ἐκεῖνος

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Ekeinos
ἐκεῖνος
Transliterationekeinos
Strong's numberG1565
LanguageGreek
Part of speechdemonstrative pronoun
Glossthat
Occurrences255 in 247 verses
Most frequent inJohn (73)

Ekeinos (Greek ἐκεῖνος, Strong's G1565) is a Greek demonstrative pronoun meaning “that”. It occurs 255 times in 247 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἐκεῖνος, -η, -ο
(ἐκεῖ), [in LXX chiefly for הַהוּא ,הוּא, and cogn. forms ;]
demonstr. pron.,
that person or thing (ille), implying remoteness as compared with οὗτος (hic);
1. absol., emphatic he, she, it: opposite to οὗτος, Luk.18:14, Jas.4:15; ἡμεῖς, Heb.12:25; ὑμεῖς, Mrk.4:11; ἄλλοι, Jhn.9:9; ἐγώ, Jhn.3:30; to persons named, Mk 16:[10, 13, 20], Jhn.2:21; of one (absent) who is not named, contemptuously (Abbott, JG, §§2385, 2732), Jhn.7:11 9:28; with respect, of Christ, 1Jo.2:6 3:3, al.; referring to a preceding noun, Mrk.16:[10], Jhn.7:45; resumption of a participial subject, Jhn.1:33 9:37 10:1, Rom.14:14, al. (on its reference in Jhn.19:35, see Westc, in l.; Moffatt, Intr., 568; Sanday, Fourth Gospel, 77ff.).
2. As adj., joined, like οὗτος, to a noun with the article: Mat.7:25, Mrk.3:24, Jhn.18:15, al.; esp. of time, past or future: ἐν τ. ἡμέραις ἐ., Mat.3:1, Mrk.1:9, Act.2:18" (LXX), al.; ἐν ἐ. τ. ἡμέρᾳ, esp of the Parousia, Mat.7:22, Luk.6:23, 2Th.1:10, 2Ti.1:12; adverbially, ἐκεινής (sc. ὁδοῦ) = cl. ἐκεινῇ (Bl., §36, 13), that way, Luk.19:4.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVthose (38), he (36), same (24), they (13), them (7), his (6), him (5), very (2), she (2), selfsame (1), this (1), unto them (1), and 8 other renderings
BSBthose (28), he (23), they (7), him (6), very (5), them (5), she (4), this (3), his (3), their (2), same (1), he himself (1), and 4 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Ekeinos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

2 Thessalonians

2 Timothy

Titus

Hebrews

James

2 Peter

1 John

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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