Greek word · G1782
ἐντεῦθεν, ἔνθεν
enteuthen, enthen
from here
Enteuthen means 'from here, hence'. When doubled, 'from here and from here', it is an idiom for both sides of a person or thing: 'on this side and on that', 'on either side'.
Appears 10 times in 9 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
ἐντεῦθεν
adv. (ἔνθεν), [in LXX chiefly for זֶה ;]
1. of place, hence: Luke 4:9 13:31, John 2:16 7:3 14:31 18:36; ἐ. καὶ ἐ. (for cl. ἔνθεν κ. ἔνθεν), on this side and on that, on each side, John 19:18; similarly, ἐ. καὶ ἐκεῖθεν, Revelation 22:2.
2. Of time, thereupon.
3. Causal; hence, therefore: James 4:1.†
ἔνθεν,
adv., [in LXX for זֶה, פֹּה, etc. ;]
hence: Matthew 17:20, Luke 16:26.†
(AS)
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
- Range of meaning
Enteuthen means 'from here, hence'. When doubled, 'from here and from here', it is an idiom for both sides of a person or thing: 'on this side and on that', 'on either side'.
- Against the English
YLT keeps the doubling ('on this side, and on that side'). KJV and WEB say 'on either side one'. BSB and most modern versions say 'one on each side'. All are accurate. Only YLT keeps the matched rhythm of the Greek.
- Used elsewhere in the period
The same doubled form appears in the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), for example Exodus 17:12, where Aaron and Hur hold up Moses' hands 'one on this side and one on that', and Numbers 22:24, where there is a wall on either side of the path. Revelation 22:2 has a similar pairing ('on this side and on that' of the river).
Where it appears
Luke · 2
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Luke 4:9 ἐντεῦθεν from here
Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
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Luke 13:31 ἐντεῦθεν, from here,
At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
John · 6
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John 2:16 ἐντεῦθεν, from here,
To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
Here: 'Out of here': out of this sacred precinct. The objection is about where the selling happened.
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John 7:3 ἐντεῦθεν from here
So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
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John 14:31 ἐντεῦθεν.¶ from here.
But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
Here: 'From this place', i.e. out of the room. KJV's 'hence' means 'from here', not 'therefore'.
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John 18:36 ἐντεῦθεν.¶ from here.
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
Here: An adverb of origin, 'from this place'. It confirms that the opening 'ek' was about source: his kingship is not from here. He does not say it is not here.
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John 19:18 ἐντεῦθεν ἐντεῦθεν, on this side, on that side,
There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
Here: Literally 'from here'. When doubled it is a standard idiom for the two sides of something: 'on this side'.
James · 1
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James 4:1 ἐντεῦθεν, from there,
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
Here: A pointing word, "from right here", as if James is pointing at the source before he names it. It answers the opening "from where?" with "from here".
Revelation · 1
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Revelation 22:2 ἐντεῦθεν from here
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Here: "From here..." Paired with the next word it means "on this side and on that," i.e. on both banks.
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