ὅθεν hothen
Greek word for “whence” · Strong’s G3606 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
ὅθεν; adv.; whence; (a) of direction or source:, 28:13;
How it is translated
Glosses given for hothen in context, with how often each is used:
- where 7
- therefore 2
- wherefore 2
- whereupon 1
- then 1
- wherefore it was 1
- whereby 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Matthew 25 (2), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 14 (1), Luke 11 (1), Acts 14 (1), Acts 26 (1), Acts 28 (1), Hebrews 2 (1), Hebrews 3 (1), Hebrews 7 (1)
Forms
- ὅθεν 13
- Ὅθεν 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with hothen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- διασκορπίζω diaskorpizō “to scatter” 2
- ἀρχιερεύς archiereus “high-priest” 3
- θερίζω therizō “to reap” 2
- σπείρω speirō “to sow” 2
- συνάγω sunagō “to assemble” 2
- ὅπου hopou “where(-ever)” 2
- προσέρχομαι proserchomai “to come near/agree” 2
- οἶκος oikos “house” 2
- τότε tote “then” 2
- εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 2
- γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 2
- ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 2
Key verses
The verses using hothen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 12:44 — Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
- Matthew 25:24 — Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where…
- Matthew 25:26 — His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
- Luke 11:24 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I…
- Acts 14:26 — And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
- Acts 26:19 — Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
- Hebrews 2:17 — Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to…
- Hebrews 3:1 — Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
- Hebrews 7:25 — Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
- Hebrews 9:18 — Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
- Hebrews 11:19 — Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
- 1 John 2:18 — Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last…
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
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.