ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
that
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἐκεῖνος (ekeinos), with the Strong's number G1565, is used 256 times in the Bible. This pronoun functions primarily as a demonstrative article, meaning "that" in English. It can be used to indicate a specific individual, thing, or concept within a context, drawing attention to it. In its various occurrences, ἐκεῖνος can be used to refer to someone or something previously mentioned, as well as to express a contrast to something else. For example, in a sentence where two options are presented, ἐκεῖνος might be used to indicate which one is being referred to or emphasized. The word often appears in narratives and dialogues, particularly in the New Testament, where it is frequently used by Jesus and Apostles to point out specific teachings or lessons. The significance of ἐκεῖνος lies in its role as a pointer or identifier, often used in everyday Greek speech as a way to direct someone's attention. In the Bible, the word contributes to the flow of meaning and the emphasis of messages, highlighting the importance of certain concepts or individuals within the narrative.
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Occurrences in Scripture
256 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
Matthew 7:22Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
Matthew 7:25The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:27The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
Matthew 8:13Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.
Matthew 8:28When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
Matthew 9:22But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
Matthew 9:26The report of this went out into all that land.
Matthew 9:31But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
Matthew 10:14Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.
Matthew 10:15Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
Matthew 10:19But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
Matthew 11:25At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
Matthew 12:1At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
Matthew 12:45Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.”
Matthew 13:1On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
Matthew 13:11He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
Matthew 13:44“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Matthew 14:1At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
Matthew 14:35When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick;
Matthew 14:35When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick;
Matthew 15:22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
Matthew 15:28Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Matthew 17:18Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
Matthew 17:27But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”
Matthew 18:1In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
Matthew 18:7“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
Matthew 18:27The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
Matthew 18:28“But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
Matthew 18:32Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
Matthew 20:4He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
Matthew 21:40When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
Matthew 22:7When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Matthew 22:7When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Matthew 22:10Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
Matthew 22:23On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
Matthew 24:19But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!
Matthew 24:22Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
Matthew 24:22Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
Matthew 24:29But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
Matthew 24:36But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Matthew 24:38For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
Matthew 24:43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Matthew 24:46Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
Matthew 24:48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’
Matthew 24:50the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it, and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,
Matthew 25:7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Matthew 25:19“Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
Matthew 26:24The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”