ἐκείνοις
ekeînos
to 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).
Mark 4:11 · Word #12
Lexicon G1565
| Lemma | ἐκεῖνος |
| Transliteration | ekeînos |
| Strong's | G1565 |
| Definition | 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). |
Morphology PRO.D DAT M PL
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | PRO.D — Demonstrative Pronoun — Points to something specific |
| Case | DAT — Dative — Indirect object, means, or location |
| Gender | M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine |
| Number | PL — Plural — More than one |
Common Translation
| Phrase | to those |
| Literal | to-those |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | ἐκεῖνος |
| Strong's | G1565 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G1565-10
to those ones
| Morphological Notes | Demonstrative pronoun; dative masculine plural (Gr,RD/ED,,,,DMP); denotes indirect object or reference (‘to/for/in those ones’). |
| Rendering Rationale | The rendering preserves the demonstrative force of ἐκεῖνος as referring to persons or things at a distance (‘those ones’) and reflects the dative plural form through the preposition ‘to.’ The plural masculine form is conveyed generically in English by ‘those ones.’ |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
to those
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P1 'to those ones' is grammatically valid but 'to those' is customary and clear, which is preferable here for the context; 'ones' can be omitted without loss of information. |