Lexical Definition

‎ἐκεῖ‎ ekeî (ek-i') there ^G:ADV
of uncertain affinity

there, thither(-ward), (to) yonder (place).

• there
• by extension, thither

Abbott-Smith

ἐκεῖ adv., [in LXX chiefly for שָׁם ;]
1. properly, of place, there: Mt 2:13 5:24, al.; οἱ ἐ., Mt 26:71; οὗ . . . ἐ., Mt 6:21 18:20 24:28, Mk 6:10, Lk 12:34; pleonastic, ὅπου . . . ἐ. (= שָׁם אֲשֶׁר, De 4:5, al.), Re 12:6, 14 (cf. Bl., § 50, 4).
2. As often in cl. (Hdt., Thuc., al.), with verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither: Mt 2:22 17:20 24:28 26:36, Mk 6:33, Lk 12:18 17:37 21:2, Jo 11:8 18:2, 3, Ro 15:24

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐκεῖ

(not in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Aeolic dialect κῆ [Refs 7th c.BC+]: Doric dialect τηνεῖ (which see):— adverb there, in that place, opposed to ἐνθάδε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἀκεῖ what is or happens there, events there, [LXX+5th c.BC+]

__2 frequently as euphemistic for ἐν Ἅιδου, in another world, κἀκεῖ δικάζει τἀμπλακήματα Ζεὺς ἄλλος [ἐκεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 82, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 64a, +others; in full, ἐκεῖ δ᾽ ἐν Ἅιδου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 418 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐ. euphemistic for the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 Philos., in the intelligible world, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II with Verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither, ἐ. πλέομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἀπικέσθαι variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III rarely, of Time, then, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.1Kgs.9.10}