Quick Definition
ἐκεῖ Adv there, yonder, thither
Strong's Definition
there; by extension, thither
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: there, thither(-ward), (to) yonder (place)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ἐκεῖθεν · ἐκεῖνος · ἐκεῖσε · κἀκεῖνος · ὑπερέκεινα
83.2 · Spacial Positions · Here, There
there, at that place a position relatively far from the speaker, writer, or viewpoint person
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1 As in the case of ὧδε[a] and ἐνθάδε (83.1), the semantic component of movement is not necessarily found in ἐκεῖ, ἐκεῖσε, and ἐκείνης.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκεῖ, adv. of place, there; a. properly: Mt. ii. 13, 15; v. 24, and freq. In LK. xiii. 28 ἐκεῖ is not used for ev ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ foll. by ὅταν (at that time... when etc.), but means in that place whither ye have been banished; cf. Meyer ad loc. οἱ ἐκεῖ, se. ὄντες, Standing there, Mt. xxvi. 71 [Tr mrg. αὐτοὶ ἐκεῖ]. It answers to a relative adv.: οὗ τὸ πνεῦμα, ἐκεῖ ἐλευθερία, 2 Co. iii. 17 ἑαυτὸν ἔκδ. διδόναι τῷ Rec.; Mt. vi. 21; xviii. 20; xxiv. 28; Mk. vi.10; Lk. xii. 34; Hebraistically, where a preceding adv. or rel. pron. has already attracted the verb, ἐκεῖ is added to this verb pleonastically: Rey. xii. 6 GT Tr WH (ὅπου ἔχει ἐκεῖ τόπον), 14 (ὅπου τρέφεται ἐκεῖ) ; cf. Deut. iv. 5, 14, 26; 1 Mace. xiv. 34, and what was said p. 86", 5 on the pron. αὐτός after a relative. b. by a negligent use common also in the classics it stands after verbs of motion for ἐκεῖσε, thither: so after ἀπέρχομαι, Mt. ii. 22; μεταβαίνω, Mt. xvii. 20; ὑπάγω, Jn. xi. 8; ἔρχομαι, Jn. xviii. 3; προπέμπομαι, Ro. xv. 24; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. pp- 43 sq. 128; Hermann on Soph. Antig. 515; Trachin. 1006; Bttm. on Philoct. 481; W. § 54,7; B. 71 (62) and 378 (324).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκεῖ ekei 105x
there, in that place, Mt. 2:13, 15; to that place, Mt. 2:22; 17:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐκεῖ adv.,
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁם ;]
properly, of place, there: Mt 2:13 5:24, al.; οἱ ἐ., Mt 26:71; οὗ . . . ἐ., Mt 6:21 18:20 24:28, Mk 6:10, Lk 12:34; pleonastic, ὅπου . . . ἐ. (= שָׁם אֲשֶׁר, De 4:5, al.), Re 12:6, 14 (cf. Bl., § 50, 4).
As often in cl. (Hdt., Thuc., al.), with verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither: Mt 2:22 17:20 24:28 26:36, Mk 6:33, Lk 12:18 17:37 21:2, Jo 11:8 18:2, 3, Ro 15:24
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκεῖ (ekei) — there. ἐκεῖ (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Aeolic dialect κῆ [Refs 7th c.BC+]: Doric dialect τηνεῖ (which see):— adverb there, in that place, opposed to ἐνθάδε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἀκεῖ what is or happens there, events there, [LXX+5th c.BC+]
2. frequently as euphemistic for ἐν Ἅιδου, in another world, κἀκεῖ δικάζει τἀμπλακήματα Ζεὺς ἄλλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐ. euphemistic for the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. Philos., in the intelligible world, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. with Verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither, ἐ. πλέομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἀπικέσθαι variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. rarely, of Time, then, [Refs 5th c.BC+]