What does かの日 mean?


In my Japanese Bible, I've seen several passages that use the phrase `かの日`.
Here are a couple.

>   * ある人たちの習慣に倣【なら】って集会を怠【なまけ】ったりせず、むしろ励【はげ】まし合いましょう。 **かの日**
> が近づいているのをあなたがたは知っているのですから、ますます励【はげ】まし合おうではありませんか。 － ヘブライ人への手紙 / 10章 25節
>   * **かの日**
> には、大勢の者がわたしに、『主よ、主よ、わたしたちは御名【み・な】によって預言【よ・げん】し、御名【み・な】によって悪霊【あく・りょう】を追い出し、御名【み・な】によって奇跡をいろいろ行ったではありませんか』と言うであろう。
> － マタイによる福音書【ふく・いん・しょ】 / 7章 22節
>   * **かの日**
> 、主が来られるとき、主は御自分の聖なる者たちの間であがめられ、また、すべて信じる者たちの間でほめたたえられるのです。それは、あなたがたがわたしたちのもたらした証【あか】しを信じたからです。
> － テサロニケの信徒への手紙二 / 1章 10節
>

I haven't been able to find the exact phrase in any dictionary. The best I can
theorize is that it is
[`彼【か】の`](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E5%BD%BC%E3%81%AE), which is
basically the same as `その` or `あの`. So it would be something like "On that
day..."

Is this correct? If so, is it some literary term? What advantage does it have
over `その` or `あの`? If not (correct), what is it?




No, 彼【か】の **isn't** basically the same as 其【そ】の, but it **is** basically the
same as 彼【あ】の, except that it's older and no longer used as much. In short, か
became あ.

かの is preserved in some modern words and phrases:

  * かの女【おんな】 became かの女【じょ】 and stuck around (rather than becoming あの女【おんな】). Of course, you usually see this written 彼女, with the genitive の left unwritten.
  * かの有名な still comes up, I think as a set phrase (rather than あの有名な)

But mostly it's just an old form of あの. So `かの日` means `あの日`, but it sounds
older.




No, 彼【か】の **isn't** basically the same as 其【そ】の, but it **is** basically the
same as 彼【あ】の, except that it's older and no longer used as much. In short, か
became あ.

かの is preserved in some modern words and phrases:

  * かの女【おんな】 became かの女【じょ】 and stuck around (rather than becoming あの女【おんな】). Of course, you usually see this written 彼女, with the genitive の left unwritten.
  * かの有名な still comes up, I think as a set phrase (rather than あの有名な)

But mostly it's just an old form of あの. So `かの日` means `あの日`, but it sounds
older.

