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ἐκ

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Definition

ἐκ (ἐξ),

prep. with genitive,

from out of, from (see Addendum, p. 492).

This entry is included here, but in the print version the entry is found on p. 492. ἐκ, before a vowel ἐξ,

prep. with genitive,

of motion outwards, separation from (opposite to εἰς; = Lat. e, ex), from out of, from among, from.

I. Of Place,

1. of motion, out of, forth from, off from: John 6:31, Acts 9:3, Galatians 1:8, al.; esp. after verbs of motion, Matthew 8:28; 17:9, Mark 1:25; 7:28, John 1:33; 20:1, Acts 12:7, 17; 27:30, al.; constr. praeg., σώζειν (διας) ἐκ, Jude 5, Acts 28:4. Metaphorical, Matthew 7:4, 5, 1 Peter 2:9; ἐκ τ. χειρός (-ῶν), before genitive of person(s), Luke 1:74, John 10:28, 29, 39, Acts 12:4; 24:7, Revelation 19:2; πίνειν (which see) ἐκ; of the place from which an action proceeds, Luke 5:3 (Luke 12:36, John 13:4, 2 Corinthians 2:4).

2. Of change from one place or condition to another: John 8:42, Romans 6:13; 13:11, Revelation 7:14, al.; with ellips. of verb of motion, 2 Timothy 2:26, 2 Peter 2:21, Revelation 2:21, al.

3. Of separation or distinction from a number, before collective or pl. nouns: Matthew 13:47, 49, John 12:1, Acts 3:15, 1 Peter 1:3, al.; after εἷς, Matthew 10:29, Luke 17:15, al.; οὐδείς, John 7:19, al.; πολλοί, John 11:19, al.; τις, Luke 11:15, al.; τίς, Matthew 6:27, al.; in partitive phrase as subject of sentence, John 16:17; Hebraistically, ἐκ μέσου before genitive, = ἐκ (Heb. מִתּוֹךְ), Matthew 13:49, al.

4. Of position or direction (so in cl. = ἔξω): ἐκ δεξιῶν (see: δεξιός); ἐξ ἐναντίας, Mark 15:39 (metaphorically, Titus 2:8); ἐκ ῥιζῶν (i.e., utterly), Matthew 11:20.

II. Of Time,

1. of the point of time from which, from, since: ἐκ γενετῆς, John 9:1, cf. Mark 10:20, Luke 23:8, Acts 24:10, al.

2. Of succession in time: ἐκ δευτέρου, a second time, Mark 14:72, al., cf. Matthew 26:44; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, from day to day, 2 Peter 2:8.

III. Of Origin,

1. of nativity, lineage, race: κοίτην (ἐν γαστρί) ἔχειν, Romans 9:10, Matthew 1:18; γεννᾶν ἐκ, Matthew 1:3ff.; γεννᾶσθαι (γίνεσθαι) ἐκ, John 3:6; 8:41, Galatians 4:4; ἐκ πνεύματος (θεοῦ), John 1:13 3:5ff., al. ἔρχεσθαι, εἶναι, etc., ἐκ τ. πολέως, John 1:44; φυλῆς, Luke 2:36, al.; τ. ἐξουσίας Ἡρῴδου, Luke 23:7; ὁ ὢν ἐκ τ. γῆς, John 3:31.

2. Of the author, occasion or source: Matthew 5:37, John 2:16, Romans 2:29, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Galatians 5:8, al.; ἐκ (τ. θεοῦ, 1 Corinthians 7:7, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 1 John 4:7; ἐκ τ. πατρός, John 6:65, al.; ἐκ τ. γῆς ἐστιν, λαλεῖ, John 3:31; εκ καρδίας, Romans 6:17, cf. Mark 12:30, 1 Timothy 1:5; ἐκ ψυχῆς, Ephesians 6:6, Colossians 3:23; ἐκ πίστεως, Romans 14:23; κρίνειν ἐκ, Luke 19:22, Revelation 20:12.

3. Of the agent, after passive verbs: Matthew 15:5, Mark 7:11, 2 Corinthians 2:2, al.; frequently in Re after αδικεῖσθαι (2:11), etc.

4. Of cause, dependence, source of supply: τ. πόνου (των), Revelation 16:10, 11; τ. φωνῶν, Revelation 8:13; ἐκ τούτου, John 6:66; 19:12 (but see Meyer, in ll.); ἐκ θεοῦ λαλεῖν, 2 Corinthians 2:17; ἐκ τ. ἀληθείας, John 18:37, 1 John 3:19; ὁ ἐκ πίστεως, Romans 3:26; 4:16; οἱ (ὄντες) ἐκ περιτομῆς, Acts 11:2, Romans 4:12, Galatians 2:12, Colossians 4:11; πίνειν ἐκ, Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, John 4:13, al.; θερίζειν, Galatians 6:8; μετέχειν ἐκ (= partit. genitive), 1 Corinthians 10:13; with inf., ἐκ τοῦ ἔχειν, 2 Corinthians 8:11.

5. Of material: Matthew 27:29, John 2:15; 19:2, Romans 9:21, 1 Corinthians 11:12, Revelation 18:12, al.; allied to which is its use of price (= cl. genitive): Matthew 27:7, cf. Matthew 20:2, Acts 1:18.

IV. By attraction = ἐν (cl.): τὰ ἐκ τ. οἰκιας, Matthew 24:17; τ. ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν, Mark 5:30 (see Field, in l.); ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, Luke 11:13.

V. Adverbial phrases: ἐξ ἀνάγκης, 2 Corinthians 9:7, Hebrews 7:12; ἐξ ἰσότητος, 2 Corinthians 8:13; ἐκ μέρους, 1 Corinthians 12:27; 13:9-12; ἐκ μέτρου, John 3:34; ἐκ συμφώνου, 1 Corinthians 7:5.

VI. in composition, ἐκ signifies,

1. procession, removal: ἐκβαίνω, ἐκβάλλω.

2. Opening out, unfolding: ἐκτείνω; metaphorically, ἐξαγγάλλω.

3. Origin: ἔκγονος.

4. Completeness: ἐξαπορέω (see M, Pr., 237), ἐκπληρόω, ἐκτελέω.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐκ:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

915 total
  1. John 7:17ἐκ · from
    If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
  2. John 7:19ἐξ · of
    Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
  3. John 7:22ἐκ · from; ἐκ · from
    But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
  4. John 7:25ἐκ · of
    Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
  5. John 7:31Ἐκ · in
    Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
  6. John 7:38ἐκ · from
    Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
  7. John 7:40Ἐκ · [some] of
    On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
  8. John 7:41ἐκ · from
    Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
  9. John 7:42ἐκ · from
    Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
  10. John 7:44ἐξ · of
    Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
  11. John 7:48ἐκ · of; ἐκ
    “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
  12. John 7:50ἐξ · of
    Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
  13. John 7:52ἐκ · from; ἐκ · out of
    “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
  14. John 8:23ἐκ · from; ἐκ · from; ἐκ · of; ἐκ · of
    Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
  15. John 8:41ἐκ
    You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
  16. John 8:42ἐκ · from
    Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
  17. John 8:44ἐκ; ἐκ
    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  18. John 8:46ἐξ · of
    Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?
  19. John 8:47ἐκ; ἐκ · belong
    Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
  20. John 8:59ἐκ · out of
    At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
  21. John 9:1ἐκ · from
    Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
  22. John 9:6ἐκ
    When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
  23. John 9:16ἐκ · of
    Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
  24. John 9:24ἐκ · for
    So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
  25. John 9:32ἐκ
    Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
  26. John 9:40ἐκ · [Some] of
    Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
  27. John 10:16ἐκ · of
    I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
  28. John 10:20ἐξ · of
    Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
  29. John 10:26ἐκ
    But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
  30. John 10:28ἐκ · out of
    I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
  31. John 10:29ἐκ · out of
    My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
  32. John 10:32ἐκ · from
    But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
  33. John 10:39ἐκ
    At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
  34. John 11:1ἐκ
    At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
  35. John 11:19ἐκ · of
    …and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
  36. John 11:37ἐξ · of
    But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
  37. John 11:45ἐκ · of
    Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
  38. John 11:46ἐξ · of
    But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
  39. John 11:49ἐξ · of
    But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
  40. John 11:55ἐκ · from
    Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
  41. John 12:1ἐκ · from
    Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
  42. John 12:2ἐκ
    So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.