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# thence

adverb (thence — old, formal)

«thence» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. From that place; from there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/#m1)
2. From that time; after that. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/#m2)
3. For that reason; therefore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/#m3)

### In the lessons

An old word met in classic books, the Bible and old maps or directions: «They went to London, and thence to Dover.» In modern talk people say «from there». In maths proofs very old texts write «thence» for «so».

### Examples

- They sailed to France and thence to Spain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/#x1)
- Go to the old oak and thence turn left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/#x2)
- He moved to Leeds and thence to Scotland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/#x3)
- From the Wild Wood the path led thence to Badger's house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/#x4)
- The river runs down to the town and thence to the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/#x5)
- We stayed a week in Paris, thence by train to Rome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/#x6)

### Note

Old-fashioned and formal; do not use it in everyday writing. Related old words: hence (from here), whence (from where). «From thence» is a common old phrase though strictly «thence» already means «from there».

## In Jewish tradition

An old word meaning from there. In the primary lessons: An old word met in classic books, the Bible and old maps or directions: «They went to London, and thence to Dover.» In modern talk people say «from there». In maths proofs very old texts write «thence» for «so».

### Examples

- And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. (Torah GEN.26.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thence/#x1)
- And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence. (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thence/#x2)
- From thence they journeyed, and pitched in the valley of Zered. (Torah NUM.21.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thence/#x3)
- And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi. (Prophets 1SA.24.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thence/#x4)
- From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it afar off. (Writings JOB.39.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thence/#x5)
- But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds. (Writings PSA.64.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thence/#x6)

### Note

Old-fashioned and formal; do not use it in everyday writing. Related old words: hence (from here), whence (from where). «From thence» is a common old phrase though strictly «thence» already means «from there».

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

From that place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thence/#m1)

### Then and now

Today it is old and formal; we say "from there."

### Examples

- And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. (Torah GEN.26.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thence/#x1)
- Your father banished me thence also.” (Irish Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thence/#x2)
- Here, there; מִכַּאן thence, from thence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thence/#x3)

### Note

Today: from there.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thence.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «thence» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thence» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/thence.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «thence» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thence» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/thence.html) on Mova free.