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.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.