ἐκεῖνοι

ekeînos

those

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

Luke 13:4 · Word #2

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 M PL All morphology codes

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

Common Translation

Phrasethose
Literalthose

Lexical Info

Lemmaἐκεῖνος
Strong'sG1565

SIBI-P1 Translation G1565-09

those ones

Morphological NotesDemonstrative pronoun; nominative masculine plural (Gr,ED/RD,,,,NMP); functioning substantivally as "those ones."
Rendering RationaleThe nominative masculine plural form denotes specific persons who are conceptually or spatially distant from the speaker. "Those ones" preserves both the plural morphology and the demonstrative force derived from ἐκεῖ ("there"), maintaining contrast with "this."

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

those ones

Same as P1Yes
RationaleSIBI-P1 'those ones' accurately reflects the demonstrative ἐκεῖνοι, used for distant referents, appropriate here.