Thenceforth - THENCEFORTH, adv. thens'forth. [thence and forth.] From that time.
If the salt hath lost its savor, it is thenceforth good for nothing. Mat 5.
This is also preceded by from, though not from any necessity.
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. John 19.
Thereat - THEREAT', adv. [there and at.] At that place.
Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. Mat 7.
1. At that; at that thing or event; on that account.
Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat.
Therefore - THEREFORE, adv. ther'fore. [there and for.]
1. For that; for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated.
I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Luke 14.
2. Consequently.
He blushes; therefore he is guilty.
3. In return or recompense for this or that.
What shall we have therefore? Mat 19.
They - THEY, pron. plu.; objective case, them.]
1. The men, the women, the animals, the things. It is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun referring to persons, or as a substitute referring to things.
They and their fathers have transgressed against me. Ezek 2.
They of Italy salute you. Heb 13.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness. Mat 5.
2. It is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man, and as the French use on. They say, [on dit,] that is, it is said by persons, indefinitely.
Thief - THIEF, n. plu. thieves.
1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.
2. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job 30.
3. One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10.
4. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Mat 21.
5. An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.