Hothen ὅθεν

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Hothen
ὅθεν
Transliterationhothen
Strong's numberG3606
LanguageGreek
Part of speechconjunction
Glosswhence
Occurrences15 in 15 verses
Most frequent inHebrews (6)

Hothen (Greek ὅθεν, Strong's G3606) is a Greek conjunction meaning “whence”. It occurs 15 times in 15 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ὅθεν
adv.,
whence;
(a) of direction or source: Mat.12:44, Luk.11:24, Act.14:26 28:13; = ἐκεῖθεν ὅπου, Mat.25:24, 26 (cf. Thuc., i, 89, 3); ὅ. γινώσκομεν, 1Jn.2:18;
(b) of cause, whence, wherefore: Mat.14:7, Act.26:19, Heb.2:17 3:1 7:25 8:3 9:18 11:19.†
(AS)

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

Translated as

KJVwhence (4), wherefore (4), whereupon (3), where (2), thence (1), whereby (1)
BSBwhere (3), therefore (2), much (1), this reason (1), is why (1), this is how (1)

Verses

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

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Hebrews

1 John

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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