ἐκεῖekeî
there; by extension, thither
Greek (New Testament) · G1563
Meanings
1. properly, of place, there: Matthew 2:13, Matthew 5:24, and elsewhere; οἱ ἐ., Matthew 26:71; οὗ... ἐ., Matthew 6:21, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 24:28, Mark 6:10, Luke 12:34; pleonastic, ὅπου... ἐ. (= שָׁם אֲשֶׁר, Deuteronomy 4:5, and elsewhere), Revelation 12:6, Revelation 12:14 (cf. Bl., § 50, 4).
2. As often in classical Greek, with verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither: Matthew 2:22, Matthew 17:20, Matthew 24:28, Matthew 26:36, Mark 6:33, Luke 12:18, Luke 17:37, Luke 21:2, John 11:8, John 18:2, John 18:3, Romans 15:24
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 95 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
- Matthew 2:15 and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”
- Matthew 2:22 But when he learned that the new ruler of Judea was Herod’s son Archelaus, he was afraid to go there. Then, after being warned in a dream, he left for the region of Galilee.
- Matthew 5:24 leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God.
- Matthew 6:21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
- Matthew 8:12 But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
See every passage
- Matthew 2:13, 2:15, 2:22, 5:24, 6:21, 8:12, 12:45, 13:42, 13:50, 13:58, 14:23, 15:29, 17:20, 18:20, 19:2, 21:17, 22:11, 22:13, 24:28, 24:51, 25:30, 26:36, 26:71, 27:36, 27:47, 27:55, 27:61, 28:7
- Mark 1:38, 2:6, 3:1, 5:11, 6:5, 6:10, 6:33, 11:5, 13:21, 14:15, 16:7
- Luke 2:6, 6:6, 8:32, 9:4, 10:6, 11:26, 12:18, 12:34, 13:28, 15:13, 17:21, 17:23, 17:37, 21:2, 22:12, 23:33
- John 2:1, 2:6, 2:12, 3:22, 3:23, 4:6, 4:40, 5:5, 6:3, 6:22, 6:24, 10:40, 10:42, 11:8, 11:15, 11:31, 12:2, 12:9, 12:26, 18:2, 18:3, 19:42
- Acts 9:33, 16:1, 17:14, 19:21, 25:9, 25:14
- Romans 9:26, 15:24
- Titus 3:12
- Hebrews 7:8
- James 2:3, 3:16, 4:13
- Revelation 2:14, 12:6, 12:14, 21:25
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.