ἐκεῖ ekei

Greek word for “there” · Strong’s G1563 · used 95 times in 94 verses

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Meaning

ἐκεῖ; adv.; 1. properly, of place, there: 5:24, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ekei in context, with how often each is used:

• there 88
• over there 1
• there! 1
• in 1
• there? 1
• place 1
• there will be 1
• some there 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 27 (4), Matthew 2 (3), Matthew 13 (3), Mark 6 (3), Luke 17 (3), John 2 (3), John 6 (3), John 11 (3), John 12 (3), Matthew 22 (2)

Forms

• ἐκεῖ 95

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ekei more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• βρυγμός brugmos “gnashing” 7
• κλαυθμός klauthmos “weeping” 7
• ὅπου hopou “where(-ever)” 10
• ὀδούς odous “tooth” 7
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 11
• μετά meta “with/after” 12
• πολύς polus “much” 10
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 10
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 8
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 8
• Γαλιλαία Galilaia “Galilee” 6
• ὄρος oros “mountain” 6

Key verses

The verses using ekei that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 2:13 — And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee…
• Matthew 8:12 — But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 12:45 — Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse…
• Matthew 17:20 — And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain,…
• Matthew 18:20 — For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
• Matthew 22:11 — And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
• Matthew 22:13 — Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Luke 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
• John 12:26 — If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
• Acts 16:1 — Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but…
• Acts 19:21 — After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been…
• Revelation 2:14 — But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.