[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/thither/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) / thither # thither adverb (thither — old-fashioned) «thither» 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. (old-fashioned, formal) Thither means "to that place" or "there": "He went thither on foot." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#m1) 2. "Hither and thither" means here and there, in many directions: "The leaves blew hither and thither." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#m2) ### In the lessons It appears in old books, the Bible (King James Version), poems and fairy tales; it tells the reader the language is old or grand. In modern speech it survives mainly in "hither and thither". Paired old words: hither (to here), thither (to there), whither (to where?), hence, thence, whence (from here, there, where). ### Examples - They journeyed thither by boat. (old style) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#x1) - The children ran hither and thither across the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#x2) - Ants scurried hither and thither. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#x3) - "Go thither and bring me water," said the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#x4) - In the old story, the knight rode thither to save the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#x5) - The wind blew the paper hither and thither. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#x6) - Whither goest thou? Thither, to the sea. (old poem style) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#x7) - Thither he went without speaking a word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/#x8) ### Note Pronounced "THITH-er" with the soft "th" of "the". Do not use it in normal modern writing except in "hither and thither". It means "to there", not "at there". ## In Jewish tradition It appears in old books, the Bible (King James Version), poems and fairy tales; it tells the reader the language is old or grand. In modern speech it survives mainly in "hither and thither". Paired old words: hither (to here), thither (to there), whither (to where?), hence, thence, whence (from here, there, where). ### Examples - And Abraham said unto him: 'Beware thou that thou bring not my son back thither. (Torah GEN.24.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thither/#x1) - Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.' (Torah GEN.42.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thither/#x2) - Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying: Thou also shalt not go in thither; (Torah DEU.1.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thither/#x3) - So they did unto all the Israelites that came thither in Shiloh. (Prophets 1SA.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thither/#x4) - They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded. (Writings JOB.6.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thither/#x5) - But to the land whereunto they long to return, thither shall they not return. (Prophets JER.22.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thither/#x6) ### Note Pronounced "THITH-er" with the soft "th" of "the". Do not use it in normal modern writing except in "hither and thither". It means "to there", not "at there". ## Early Modern English ### Meaning To that place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thither/#m1) ### Then and now Old-fashioned; today we say "there" or "to that place." ### Examples - And Abraham said unto him: 'Beware thou that thou bring not my son back thither. (Torah GEN.24.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thither/#x1) - Thither he went without speaking a word. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thither/#x2) - Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.' (Torah GEN.42.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thither/#x3) ### Note Today: there, to that place. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «thither» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thither/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«thither» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thither.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «thither» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thither/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«thither» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/thither.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «thither» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thither/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«thither» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/thither.html) on Mova free.