ἐπέκεινα G1900
beyond, on the other side
An adverb meaning 'beyond' or 'on the far side,' used with a genitive to indicate spatial or temporal distance. Acts 7:43 quotes Amos 5:27: 'I will carry you away beyond (ἐπέκεινα) Babylon.' The term marks exile to distant lands, past the immediate boundaries. Classical usage could also refer to earlier times ('the times beyond') or the future.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Stephen's speech uses this term in quoting prophetic judgment on Israel's idolatry. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'más allá,' French 'au-delà') preserves the spatial sense of distant exile. God will send rebellious Israel beyond Babylon, to the uttermost limits, as punishment for worshiping false gods. This is not merely crossing a border but banishment to the furthest reaches, symbolizing complete removal from covenant blessing. 1×
AR["إِلَى-مَا-وَرَاءِ"]·ben["ওপারে"]·DE["ἐπέκεινα"]·EN["beyond"]·FR["au-delà"]·heb["מֵעֵבֶר"]·HI["-से-परे"]·ID["di-luar"]·IT["al-di-la"]·jav["sabrangipun"]·KO["건너편-으로"]·PT["além-de"]·RU["за-"]·ES["más-allá"]·SW["mbali-na"]·TR["ötesine-"]·urd["پرے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐπέκεινα, adverb, for ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνα, opposed to ἐπὶ τάδε Refs, on yonder side, beyond, with genitive, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 with Article, τὸ ἐ., Attic dialect τοὐπ., or τὰ ἐ., Attic dialect τἀπ., the part beyond, the far side, τὰ ἐ. τῆς Εὐρώπης Refs; τοὐπέκεινα τῆσδε γῆς beyond it, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II of past Time, οἱ ἐ. χρόνοι the times beyond or before, earlier times, Refs; οἱ ἐ. (i.e. τῶν Τρωϊκῶν γενόμενοι) Refs __II.2 of future Time, henceforth, LXX