Ekeithen is a demonstrative adverb meaning 'from there' or 'from that place,' used 27 times in the New Testament almost exclusively in the Gospels to narrate Jesus' itinerant movements. It serves as a characteristic stitching word in the Synoptic travel narratives: 'and passing on from there' (Matt 9:9, 27; 11:1; 12:9, 15; 13:53; 15:21, 29; 19:15). Mark uses it similarly to propel Jesus from one scene to the next (Mark 6:1, 10, 11; 9:30; 10:1). The adverb carries a geographic concreteness — it always points back to a specific locale just named — and contributes to the sense of purposeful forward motion that characterizes the Gospel narrative structure. Outside the itinerary formula, it appears in Jesus' warning that one will not leave prison 'until you have paid the last penny' (Matt 5:26) and in Acts 7:4 regarding Abraham's migration from Haran. French 'de la,' Spanish 'de alli,' and German 'von dort' all capture its directional force.