Quick Definition
whence, wherefore
Strong's Definition
from which place or source or cause (adverb or conjunction)
Derivation: from G3739 (ὅς) with the directive enclitic of source;
KJV Usage: from thence, (from) whence, where(-by, -fore, -upon)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὅθεν (from the relative pronoun ὁ and the enclitic θεν which denotes motion from a place) (from Homer down), adverb, from which; whence; it is used a. of the place from which: Mat_12:44; Luk_11:24; Act_14:26; Act_28:13; by attraction for ἐκεῖθεν ὅπου etc., Mat_25:24; Mat_25:26; cf. Buttmann, § 143, 12; (Winers Grammar, 159 (150)).
b. of the source from which a thing is known, from which, whereby: 1Jn_2:18.
c. of the cause from which, for which reason, wherefore, on which account (A. V. whereupon (in the first two instances)): Mat_14:7; Act_26:19; Heb_2:17; Heb_3:1; Heb_7:25; Heb_8:3; Heb_9:18; Heb_11:19; often in the last three books of Macc.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὅθεν hothen 15x
whence, Mat_12:44 ; Act_14:26 ;
from the place where, Mat_25:24 ; Mat_25:26 ;
whence, from which circumstance, 1Jn_2:18 ;
wherefore, whereupon, Mat_14:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὅθεν ,
adv. ,
whence ;
(a) of direction or source: Mat_12:44 , Luk_11:24 , Act_14:26 ; Act_28:13 ; = ἐκεῖθεν ὅπου , Mat_25:24 ; Mat_25:26 ( cf. Thuc ., i, 89, 3); ὅ . γινώσκομεν , 1Jn_2:18 ;
(b) of cause, whence , wherefore: Mat_14:7 , Act_26:19 , Heb_2:17 ; Heb_3:1 ; Heb_7:25 ; Heb_8:3 ; Heb_9:18 ; Heb_11:19 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὅθεν [page 439]
whence of place, as in Mat_12:44 al. , may be illustrated from the interesting letter, P Lond 854 .7 (i/ii A.D. : cf. Deissmann LAE p. 162) (= III. p. 206), in which a traveller describes his visit to the spot ὅθεν τ [υγ ]χάνει Νεῖλος ῥέων , whence the Nile flows out. For the inferential ὅθεν , wherefore, on which account, as in Heb_2:17 , 1Jn_2:18 , cf. P Tor I. 1 ii. 4 (B.C. 1 .16 ) ὅθεν ἐν τῶι αὐτῶι ἔτει τοῖς ἐν τῆι Θηβαΐδι χρηματισταῖς ἐνέβαλον ἔντευξιν , BGU III. 731 ii. 12 (A.D. 180) ὅθεν ἐπιδίδωμι καὶ [ἀξιῶ ] ἐν καταχωρισμῷ [γενέσθαι τάδε τὰ ] βιβλείδια : similarly in the inscrr. from i/B.C. (Meisterhans Gr , p. 253). The meaning is little more than when in P Tebt I. 54 .7 (B.C. 86) κλήρου . . ὡρίμου σπαρῆναι , ὅθεν τῆι νυκτὶ τῆι φερούσηι εἰς τὴν κε̄ τοῦ Φαῶφι , the holding was ready for sowing, when on the night before the 25th of Phaophi certain men invaded it, and in P Oxy I. 62 verso .16 (iii/A.D.) ὅθεν = where ἵνα δυνηθῶμεν ὅθεν ἐὰν δέω τὴν ἐμβολὴν ποιῆσαι διὰ τάχους , so that we may be able to do the lading quickly at any point I may require (Edd.). MGr ὅθε .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὅθεν relat. adv., answering to demonstr. τόθεν and interr. πόθεν, Lat. unde, whence, from which, Hom. , etc.:— also "from whom", ὅθεν περ αὐτὸς ἐσπάρη "from whom" himself was born, Soph. ὅθεν δή "from whatever source, in what manner soever", Plat. = ὅθι, οὗ, ὅπου, "where", Il. , Soph. "whence, wherefore", Eur. , Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὅθεν
adv.,
whence;
__(a) of direction or source: Mat.12:44, Luk.11:24, Act.14:26 28:13; = ἐκεῖθεν ὅπου, Mat.25:24, 26 (cf. Thuc., i, 89, 3); ὅ. γινώσκομεν, 1Jn.2:18;
__(b) of cause, whence, wherefore: Mat.14:7, Act.26:19, Heb.2:17 3:1 7:25 8:3 9:18 11:19.†
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