Lexical Definition
ἐκεῖνος ekeînos (ek-i'-nos) that G:D
from ἐκεῖ
he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those.
- that one (or (neuter) thing)
- often intensified by the article prefixed
Abbott-Smith
ἐκεῖνος, -η, -ο (< ἐκεῖ), [in LXX chiefly for הַהוּא ,הוּא, and cogn. forms ;] demonstr. pron.,
that person or thing (ille), implying remoteness as compared with οὗτος (hic);
1. absol., emphatic he, she, it: opp. to οὗτος, Lk 18:14, Ja 4:15; ἡμεῖς, He 12:25; ὑμεῖς, Mt 13:11, Mk 4:11; ἄλλοι, Jo 9:9; ἐγώ, Jo 3:30; to persons named, Mk 16:[10](/btb/not_created.html), 13, 20], Jo 2:21; of one (absent) who is not named, contemptuously (Abbott, JG, §§2385, 2732), Jo 7:11 9:28; with respect, of Christ, I Jo 2:6 3:3, al.; referring to a preceding noun, [10](/btb/interlinear/41%20-%20Mark/16/Mark.16.10.html)], Jo 7:45; resumption of a participial subject, Jo 1:33 9:37 10:1, Ro 14:14, al. (on its reference in Jo 19:35, v. Westc, in l.; Moffatt, Intr., 568; Sanday, Fourth Gospel, 77ff.).
2. As adj., joined, like οὗτος, to a noun with the article: Mt 7:25, Mk 3:24, Jo 18:15, al.; esp. of time, past or future: ἐν τ. ἡμέραις ἐ., Mt 3:1, Mk 1:9, Ac 2:18 (LXX), al.; ἐν ἐ. τ. ἡμέρᾳ, esp of the Parousia, Mt 7:22, Lk 6:23, II Th 1:10, II Ti 1:12; adverbially, ἐκεινής (sc. ὁδοῦ) = cl. ἐκεινῇ (Bl., §36, 13), that way, Lk 19:4.
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 3:1 · 7:22 · 7:25 · 13:11 |
| Mark | 1:9 · 3:24 · 4:11 · 16:10 · 16:13 · 16:20 |
| Luke | 6:23 · 18:14 · 19:4 |
| John | 1:33 · 2:21 · 3:3 · 3:30 · 7:11 · 7:45 · 9:9 · 9:28 · 9:37 · 10:1 · 18:15 · 19:35 |
| Acts | 2:18 |
| Romans | 14:14 |
| 2 Thessalonians | 1:10 |
| 2 Timothy | 1:12 |
| Hebrews | 12:25 |
| James | 4:15 |
| 1 John | 2:6 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ἐκεῖνος, ἐκείνη, ἐκεῖνο,
also κεῖνος (regular in Epic dialect, Ionic dialect (as [ἐκεῖνος), and Lyric poetry, in Trag. κεῖνος">Refs 5th c.BC+] only where the metre requires,[Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; but not in Attic dialect Prose, and in Comedy texts only in mock Trag. passages): Aeolic dialect κῆνος [Refs 7th c.BC+]: Doric dialect τῆνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: in Comedy texts, strengthened ἐκεινοσί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκεινοσίν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: (ἐκεῖ):—demonstrative pronoun the person there, that person or thing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally with reference to what has gone immediately before, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but when οὗτος and ἐκεῖνος refer to two things before mentioned, ἐκεῖνος, properly belongs to the more remote, in time, place, or thought, οὗτος to the nearer, [ἐκεῖνος">Refs 5th c.BC+] sometimes = the latter, [ἐκεῖνος is frequently the predicate to οὗτος or ὅδε, οὗτος ἐκεῖνος τὸν σὺ ζητέεις 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; τοῦτ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐκεῖνο 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 622 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρ᾽ οὗτός ἐστ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ὅν..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also joined as if one pronoun, τοῦτ᾽ ἐκεῖνο..δέρκομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ at that point of time, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνο, à propos, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 to denote wellknown persons, etc., κεῖνος μέγας θεός [ἐκεῖνος ἡνίκ᾽ ἦν Θουκυδίδης 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 708; καίτοι φασὶν Ἰφικράτην ποτ᾽ ἐκεῖνον.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.62; ὦ παῖ 'κείνου τἀνδρός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 36d. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2.b ἐκεῖνα the ideal world, [Refs]
__3 for things, of which one cannot remember or must not mention the name, ={ὁ δεῖνα}, so-and-so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b in formulae, τεθνάτω καὶ οἱ παῖδες οἱ ἐξ ἐκείνου [Refs]
__4 with simple demonstrative force, Ἶρος ἐκεῖνος ἧσται Irus sits there, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῆες ἐκεῖναι ἐπιπλέουσιν there are ships sailing up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 in indirect speech where properly the reflexive pronoun αὑτοῦ would stand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__6 after a Relat. in apodosi almost pleonastic, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__7 in Aeolic dialect and Attic dialect the substantive with ἐκεῖνος properly has the Article (κῆνος ὤνηρ [ἐκεῖνος">Refs 7th c.BC+] may precede or follow the substantive, ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν στρατείαν ἐ., τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ ἐ., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but when this is the case in Prose, ἐκεῖνος follows the substantive, ἡμέρας ἐκείνης [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II adverb ἐκείνως in that case, [Refs]; in that way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect κείνως [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III dative feminine ἐκείνῃ as adverb,
__III.1 of Place, at that place, in that neighbourhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κείνῃ (i.e. ὁδῷ) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.2 of Manner, in that manner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV with Preps., ἐξ ἐκείνου from that time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνα in that region, [Refs 5th c.BC+]afterwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἐπέκεινα.