ὅθενhóthen
whence
Greek (New Testament) · G3606
Meanings
(a) of direction or source: Matthew 12:44, Luke 11:24, Acts 14:26, Acts 28:13; = ἐκεῖθεν ὅπου, Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:26; ὅ. γινώσκομεν, 1 John 2:18
(b) of cause, whence, wherefore: Matthew 14:7, Acts 26:19, Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 8:3, Hebrews 9:18, Hebrews 11:19.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 12:44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order.
- Matthew 14:7 so he promised with a vow to give her anything she wanted.
- Matthew 25:24 “Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate.
- Matthew 25:26 “But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate,
- Luke 11:24 “When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’
- Acts 14:26 Finally, they returned by ship to Antioch of Syria, where their journey had begun. The believers there had entrusted them to the grace of God to do the work they had now completed.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.