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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