ἥκει
ekei
had come
a primary verb; to arrive, i.e. be present (literally or figuratively):--come.
John 4:47 · Word #5
Lexicon G2240
| Lemma | ἥκω |
| Transliteration | hḗkō |
| Strong's | G2240 |
| In-context | had come |
| Literal | has-come |
Morphology V PRS ACT IND 3P SG
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state of being |
| Tense | PRS — Present — Ongoing or repeated action |
| Voice | ACT — Active — The subject performs the action |
| Mood | IND — Indicative — States a fact or reality |
| Person | 3P — 3rd person — The one spoken about ("he/she/it/they") |
| Number | SG — Singular — One |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | ἥκω |
| Strong's | G2240 |
SIBI-P1 G2240-02
there in that place
| Root | ἐκεῖ (ekeî) |
| Core Meanings | there, in that place, to that place, yonder |
| Semantic Range | a place away from the speaker; there, in that location; by extension, to that place, thither; sometimes marking a specific scene within narrative progression. |
| Conceptual Significance | As a spatial deictic, ἐκεῖ structures narrative geography in the Gospels and Acts, marking movements between significant locations and distinguishing sacred or decisive spaces from the speaker’s present setting. |
| Morphological Notes | Adverb (Gr,D); indeclinable particle of place. It carries no tense, voice, mood, case, gender, or number, and functions to denote location (and sometimes direction) at a distance from the speaker. |
| Rendering Rationale | ἐκεῖ is a distal adverb of place pointing to a location removed from the speaker. "There in that place" preserves its deictic force of distance while reflecting its function as an indeclinable adverb without case, number, or gender inflection. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root ἐκεῖ (there, in that place, to that place, yonder)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
G1563-01 |
ekei | there in that place |
Word Usage (26 occurrences of G2240)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew 8:11 | ἥξουσιν | exousin | |
| Matthew 23:36 | ἥξει | exei | |
| Matthew 24:14 | ἥξει | exei |