Definition

hither or thither (but used both of place and time)

Etymology

from H2004 (הֵן);

Word family

• הֵן hên

How the KJV renders it

• here
• hither(-to)
• now
• on this (that) side
• since
• this (that) way
• thitherward
• thus far
• to...fro
• yet

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.