הֲלֹם

hălôm · Hebrew · Strong's H1988 · 11 occurrences

The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “hither”

What it means

hither

from the article (see H1973 (הָלְאָה)xlit hâlᵉâh corrected to hâlᵉʼâh);

How the KJV renders it

here, hither, thither

Where that flattens a distinction

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

“hither”

also renders héōs (G2193), hōde (G5602), árti (G737), deûro (G1204), entháde (G1759), metakaléō (G3333), hênnâh (H2008), nâthan (H5414), pôh (H6311)

“here”

also renders parístēmi (G3936), hōde (G5602), árti (G737), ʼêphôw (H645), dên (H1836), hênnâh (H2008), kôh (H3541), pôh (H6311)

“thither”

also renders ekeî (G1563)

Where it appears

11 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Chronicles 17:16 HD1 Samuel 10:22 HD1 Samuel 14:36 HD1 Samuel 14:38 HD2 Samuel 7:18 HDExodus 3:5 HDGenesis 16:13 HDJudges 18:3 HDJudges 20:7 HDPsalm 73:10 HDRuth 2:14 HD

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew 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.