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ἐκεῖ

ekeî · Greek · Strong's G1563 · 94 occurrences

The KJV renders 11 different Hebrew and Greek words as “there”

What it means

there; by extension, thither

of uncertain affinity;

How the KJV renders it

there, thither, yonder

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

there
also renders ekeîse (G1566), hōde (G5602), ekeîthen (G1564), entháde (G1759), autoû (G847), ʼepheç (H657), dên (H1836), yêsh (H3426), ʻal (H5922), tâm (H8536)
thither
also renders hălôm (H1988)
yonder
also renders kôh (H3541)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

94 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

Acts 9:33 · ADV
There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years because he was paralyzed.
Acts 16:1 · ADV
He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, but his father was a Greek.
Acts 17:14 · ADV
Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
Acts 19:21 · ADV
Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
Acts 25:9 · ADV
But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be judged by me there concerning these things?”
Acts 25:14 · ADV
As he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
Hebrews 7:8 ADVJames 2:3 ADVJames 3:16 ADVJames 4:13 ADVJohn 2:1 ADVJohn 2:6 ADVJohn 2:12 ADVJohn 3:22 ADVJohn 3:23 ADVJohn 4:6 ADVJohn 4:40 ADVJohn 5:5 ADVJohn 6:3 ADVJohn 6:22 ADVJohn 6:24 ADVJohn 10:40 ADVJohn 10:42 ADVJohn 11:8 ADVJohn 11:15 ADVJohn 11:31 ADVJohn 12:2 ADVJohn 12:9 ADVJohn 12:26 ADVJohn 18:2 ADVJohn 18:3 ADVJohn 19:42 ADVLuke 2:6 ADVLuke 6:6 ADVLuke 8:32 ADVLuke 9:4 ADVLuke 10:6 ADVLuke 11:26 ADVLuke 12:18 ADVLuke 12:34 ADVLuke 13:28 ADVLuke 15:13 ADVLuke 17:21 ADVLuke 17:23 ADVLuke 17:37 ADVLuke 21:2 ADVLuke 22:12 ADVLuke 23:33 ADVMatthew 2:13 ADVMatthew 2:15 ADVMatthew 2:22 ADVMatthew 5:24 ADVMatthew 6:21 ADVMatthew 8:12 ADVMatthew 12:45 ADVMatthew 13:42 ADVMatthew 13:50 ADVMatthew 13:58 ADVMatthew 14:23 ADVMatthew 15:29 ADV

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.