ἐκεῖναι

ekeînos

A demonstrative pronoun primarily meaning 'that one,' used to designate someone or something distant in place, time, or thought from the speaker or the discourse context. In various contexts, it denotes that person or thing, often as opposed to one previously mentioned or present (as with οὗτος, 'this'). In discourse, ἐκεῖνος can function anaphorically (referring to someone previously mentioned), deictically (pointing out someone or something further off), or contrastively (distinguishing that one from another).

G1565

Matthew 25:7 · Word #6

Lexicon G1565

Lemmaἐκεῖνος
Transliterationekeînos
Strong'sG1565
DefinitionA demonstrative pronoun primarily meaning 'that one,' used to designate someone or something distant in place, time, or thought from the speaker or the discourse context. In various contexts, it denotes that person or thing, often as opposed to one previously mentioned or present (as with οὗτος, 'this'). In discourse, ἐκεῖνος can function anaphorically (referring to someone previously mentioned), deictically (pointing out someone or something further off), or contrastively (distinguishing that one from another).

Morphology DET NOM F PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech DET — Determiner — Specifies a noun
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Lexical Info

Lemmaἐκεῖνος
Strong'sG1565

SIBI-P1 Translation G1565-02

those

Morphological NotesDemonstrative determiner/pronoun; nominative, feminine, plural (distant demonstrative).
Rendering RationaleThe form is nominative feminine plural of the distant demonstrative ἐκεῖνος, indicating "those" in contrast to what is near. English does not mark grammatical gender here, but the plural distant reference is preserved.

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