Strong’s G1565 · Greek
ἐκεῖνος
ekeînos
Definition
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
Etymology
from G1563 (ἐκεῖ);
Where the KJV renders it
- he
- it
- the other (same)
- selfsame
- that (same
- very)
- X their
- X them
- they
- this
- those
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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