King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3606
Transliteration: hothen
Phonetic Spelling: (hoth'-en)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: from where, for which reason
Meaning: from where, for which reason
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: Matthew 12:44; Luke 11:24; Acts 14:26; Acts 28:13; by attraction for ἐκεῖθεν ὅπου etc., Matthew 25:24, 26; cf. Buttmann, § 143, 12; (Winers Grammar, 159 (150)).
Word Summary
hothen: from where, for which reason
Original Word: ὅθενTransliteration: hothen
Phonetic Spelling: (hoth'-en)
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: from where, for which reason
Meaning: from where, for which reason
Strong's Concordance
from thence, whenceFrom hos with the directive enclitic of source; from which place or source or cause (adverb or conjunction) -- from thence, (from) whence, where(-by, -fore, -upon).
see GREEK hos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3606: ὅθενὅθεν (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: Matthew 12:44; Luke 11:24; Acts 14:26; Acts 28:13; by attraction for ἐκεῖθεν ὅπου etc., Matthew 25:24, 26; cf. Buttmann, § 143, 12; (Winers Grammar, 159 (150)).
b. of the source from which a thing is known, from which, whereby: 1 John 2:18.
c. of the cause from which, for which reason, wherefore, on which account (A. V. whereupon (in the first two instances)): Matthew 14:7; Acts 26:19; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 8:3; Hebrews 9:18; Hebrews 11:19; often in the last three books of Macc.