Ek ἐκ
| ἐκ | |
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| Transliteration | ek |
| Strong's number | G1537 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | preposition |
| Gloss | out from |
| Occurrences | 935 in 771 verses |
| Most frequent in | John (135) |
Ek (Greek ἐκ, Strong's G1537) is a Greek preposition meaning “out from”. It occurs 935 times in 771 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
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: Jhn.6:31, Act.9:3, Gal.1:8, al.; esp. after verbs of motion, Mat.8:28 17:9, Mrk.1:25 7:28, Jhn.1:33 20:1, Act.12:7, 17 27:30, al.; constr. praeg., σώζειν (διας) ἐκ, Ju 5, Act.28:4. Metaphorical, Mat.7:4, 5, 1Pe.2:9; ἐκ τ. χειρός (-ῶν), before genitive of person(s), Luk.1:74, Jhn.10:28, 29, 39, Act.12:4 24:7, Rev.19:2; πίνειν (which see) ἐκ; of the place from which an action proceeds, Luk.5:3 (cf. 12:36, Jhn.13:4, 2Co.2:4).
2. Of change from one place or condition to another: Jhn.8:42, Rom.6:13 13:11, Rev.7:14, al.; with ellips. of verb of motion, 2Ti.2:26, 2Pe.2:21, Rev.2:21, al.
3. Of separation or distinction from a number, before collective or pl. nouns: Mat.13:47, 49, Jhn.12:1, Act.3:15, 1Pe.1:3, al.; after εἷς, Mat.10:29 Luk.17:15, al.; οὐδείς, Jhn.7:19, al.; πολλοί, Jhn.11:19, al.; τις, Luk.11:15, al.; τίς, Mat.6:27, al.; in partitive phrase as subject of sentence, Jhn.16:17; Hebraistically, ἐκ μέσου before genitive, = ἐκ (Heb. מִתּוֹךְ), Mat.13:49, al.
4. Of position or direction (so in cl. = ἔξω): ἐκ δεξιῶν (see: δεξιός); ἐξ ἐναντίας, Mrk.15:39 (metaphorically, Tit.2:8); ἐκ ῥιζῶν (i.e., utterly), Mat.11:20.
II. Of Time,
1. of the point of time from which, from, since: ἐκ γενετῆς, Jhn.9:1, cf. Mrk.10:20, Luk.23:8, Act.24:10, al.
2. Of succession in time: ἐκ δευτέρου, a second time, Mrk.14:72, al., cf. Mat.26:44; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, from day to day, 2Pe.2:8.
III. Of Origin,
1. of nativity, lineage, race: κοίτην (ἐν γαστρί) ἔχειν, Rom.9:10, Mat.1:18; γεννᾶν ἐκ, Mat.1:3ff.; γεννᾶσθαι (γίνεσθαι) ἐκ, Jhn.3:6 8:41, Gal.4:4; ἐκ πνεύματος (θεοῦ), Jhn.1:13 3:5ff., al. ἔρχεσθαι, εἶναι, etc., ἐκ τ. πολέως, Jhn.1:44; φυλῆς, Luk.2:36, al.; τ. ἐξουσίας Ἡρῴδου, Luk.23:7; ὁ ὢν ἐκ τ. γῆς, Jhn.3:31.
2. Of the author, occasion or source: Mat.5:37, Jhn.2:16, Rom.2:29, 1Co.8:6, Gal.5:8, al.; ἐκ (τ. θεοῦ, 1Co.7:7, 2Co.5:1, 1Jn.4:7; ἐκ τ. πατρός, Jhn.6:65, al.; ἐκ τ. γῆς ἐστιν, λαλεῖ, Jhn.3:31; εκ καρδίας, Rom.6:17, cf. Mrk.12:30, 1Ti.1:5; ἐκ ψυχῆς, Eph.6:6, Col.3:23; ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.14:23; κρίνειν ἐκ, Luk.19:22, Rev.20:12.
3. Of the agent, after passive verbs: Mat.15:5, Mrk.7:11, 2Co.2:2, al.; frequently in Re after αδικεῖσθαι (2:11), etc.
4. Of cause, dependence, source of supply: τ. πόνου (των), Rev.16:10, 11; τ. φωνῶν, Rev.8:13; ἐκ τούτου, Jhn.6:66 19:12 (but see Meyer, in ll.); ἐκ θεοῦ λαλεῖν, 2Co.2:17; ἐκ τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.18:37, 1Jn.3:19; ὁ ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.3:26 4:16; οἱ (ὄντες) ἐκ περιτομῆς, Act.11:2, Rom.4:12, Gal.2:12, Col.4:11; πίνειν ἐκ, Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25, Jhn.4:13, al.; θερίζειν, Gal.6:8; μετέχειν ἐκ (= partit. genitive), 1Co.10:13; with inf., ἐκ τοῦ ἔχειν, 2Co.8:11.
5. Of material: Mat.27:29, Jhn.2:15 19:2, Rom.9:21, 1Co.11:12, Rev.18:12, al.; allied to which is its use of price (= cl. genitive): Mat.27:7, cf. ib. 20:2, Act.1:18.
IV. By attraction = ἐν (cl.): τὰ ἐκ τ. οἰκιας, Mat.24:17; τ. ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν, Mrk.5:30 (see Field, in l.); ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, Luk.11:13.
V. Adverbial phrases: ἐξ ἀνάγκης, 2Co.9:7, Heb.7:12; ἐξ ἰσότητος, 2Co.8:13; ἐκ μέρους, 1Co.12:27 13:9-12; ἐκ μέτρου, Jhn.3:34; ἐκ συμφώνου, 1Co.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.
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | out (47), over (5), among (4), through (3), be (2), reason (2), up (1), beyond (1), off (1), his (1), have (1), unto (1), and 12 other renderings |
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| BSB | out (80), among (12), belong (4), because (4), one (3), through (2), some (2), between (2), is (2), part (2), have (2), depends (2), and 20 other renderings |
Verses
Ek occurs in 771 verses, listed here by reference.
Matthew (70): 1:3, 1:5, 1:6, 1:16, 1:18, 1:20, 2:6, 2:15, 3:9, 3:17, 5:37, 6:27, 7:4, 7:5, 7:9, 8:28, 10:29, 12:11, 12:33, 12:34, 12:35, 12:37, 12:42, 13:41, 13:47, 13:49, 13:52, 15:5, 15:11, 15:18, 15:19, 16:1, 17:5, 17:9, 18:12, 18:19, 19:12, 19:20, 20:2, 20:21, 20:23, 21:16, 21:19, 21:25, 21:26, 21:31, 22:35, 22:44, 23:25, 23:34, 24:17, 24:31, 25:2, 25:8, 25:33, 25:34, 25:41, 26:21, 26:27, 26:29, 26:42, 26:44, 26:64, 26:73, 27:7, 27:29, 27:38, 27:48, 27:53, 28:2
Mark (58): 1:10, 1:11, 1:25, 1:26, 1:29, 5:2, 5:8, 5:30, 6:14, 6:16, 6:51, 6:54, 7:11, 7:15, 7:20, 7:21, 7:26, 7:29, 7:31, 9:7, 9:9, 9:10, 9:17, 9:21, 9:25, 10:20, 10:37, 10:40, 11:8, 11:14, 11:20, 11:30, 11:31, 11:32, 12:25, 12:30, 12:33, 12:36, 12:44, 13:1, 13:15, 13:25, 13:27, 14:18, 14:20, 14:23, 14:25, 14:31, 14:62, 14:69, 14:70, 14:72, 15:27, 15:39, 15:46, 16:3, 16:12, 16:19
Luke (76): 1:5, 1:11, 1:15, 1:27, 1:61, 1:71, 1:74, 1:78, 2:4, 2:35, 2:36, 3:8, 3:22, 4:22, 5:3, 5:17, 6:42, 6:44, 6:45, 8:3, 8:27, 9:7, 9:35, 10:7, 10:11, 10:18, 10:27, 11:5, 11:6, 11:11, 11:13, 11:15, 11:16, 11:27, 11:31, 11:49, 11:54, 12:6, 12:13, 12:15, 12:25, 12:36, 14:28, 14:33, 15:4, 15:16, 16:4, 16:9, 16:31, 17:7, 17:15, 17:24, 18:21, 19:22, 20:4, 20:5, 20:6, 20:35, 20:42, 21:4, 21:16, 21:18, 22:3, 22:16, 22:23, 22:50, 22:58, 22:69, 23:7, 23:8, 23:33, 23:55, 24:13, 24:22, 24:46, 24:49
John (135): 1:13, 1:16, 1:19, 1:24, 1:32, 1:35, 1:40, 1:44, 1:46, 2:15, 2:22, 3:1, 3:5, 3:6, 3:8, 3:13, 3:25, 3:27, 3:31, 3:34, 4:6, 4:7, 4:12, 4:13, 4:14, 4:22, 4:30, 4:39, 4:47, 4:54, 5:24, 6:8, 6:11, 6:13, 6:23, 6:26, 6:31, 6:32, 6:33, 6:39, 6:41, 6:42, 6:50, 6:51, 6:58, 6:60, 6:64, 6:65, 6:66, 6:70, 6:71, 7:17, 7:19, 7:22, 7:25, 7:31, 7:38, 7:40, 7:41, 7:42, 7:44, 7:48, 7:50, 7:52, 8:23, 8:41, 8:42, 8:44, 8:46, 8:47, 8:59, 9:1, 9:6, 9:16, 9:24, 9:32, 9:40, 10:16, 10:20, 10:26, 10:28, 10:29, 10:32, 10:39, 11:1, 11:19, 11:37, 11:45, 11:46, 11:49, 11:55, 12:1, 12:2, 12:3, 12:4, 12:9, 12:17, 12:20, 12:27, 12:28, 12:32, 12:34, 12:42, 12:49, 13:1, 13:4, 13:21, 13:23, 15:19, 16:4, 16:5, 16:14, 16:15, 16:17, 17:6, 17:12, 17:14, 17:15, 17:16, 18:3, 18:9, 18:17, 18:25, 18:26, 18:36, 18:37, 19:2, 19:12, 19:23, 20:1, 20:2, 20:9, 20:24, 21:2, 21:14
Acts (82): 1:18, 1:24, 2:2, 2:25, 2:30, 2:34, 3:2, 3:15, 3:22, 3:23, 4:2, 4:6, 4:10, 5:38, 5:39, 6:3, 6:9, 7:3, 7:4, 7:10, 7:37, 7:40, 7:55, 7:56, 8:37, 8:39, 9:3, 9:33, 10:1, 10:15, 10:41, 10:45, 11:2, 11:5, 11:9, 11:20, 11:28, 12:7, 12:11, 12:17, 13:17, 13:21, 13:30, 13:34, 13:42, 14:8, 15:2, 15:14, 15:21, 15:22, 15:23, 15:24, 15:29, 17:3, 17:4, 17:12, 17:26, 17:31, 17:33, 18:1, 19:16, 19:25, 19:33, 19:34, 20:30, 21:8, 22:6, 22:14, 22:18, 23:10, 23:21, 23:34, 24:7, 24:10, 26:4, 26:17, 26:23, 27:22, 27:29, 27:30, 28:4, 28:17
Romans (50): 1:3, 1:4, 1:17, 2:8, 2:18, 2:27, 2:29, 3:20, 3:26, 3:30, 4:2, 4:12, 4:14, 4:16, 4:24, 5:1, 5:16, 6:4, 6:9, 6:13, 6:17, 7:4, 7:24, 8:11, 9:5, 9:6, 9:10, 9:12, 9:21, 9:24, 9:30, 9:32, 10:5, 10:6, 10:7, 10:9, 10:17, 11:1, 11:6, 11:14, 11:15, 11:24, 11:26, 11:36, 12:18, 13:3, 13:11, 14:23, 16:10, 16:11
1 Corinthians (27): 1:30, 2:12, 5:2, 5:10, 5:13, 7:5, 7:7, 8:6, 9:7, 9:13, 9:14, 9:19, 10:4, 10:17, 11:8, 11:12, 11:28, 12:15, 12:16, 12:27, 13:9, 13:10, 13:12, 15:6, 15:12, 15:20, 15:47
2 Corinthians (24): 1:10, 1:11, 2:2, 2:4, 2:16, 2:17, 3:1, 3:5, 4:6, 4:7, 5:1, 5:2, 5:8, 5:18, 6:17, 7:9, 8:7, 8:11, 8:13, 9:2, 9:7, 11:26, 12:6, 13:4
Galatians (26): 1:1, 1:4, 1:8, 1:15, 2:12, 2:15, 2:16, 3:2, 3:5, 3:7, 3:8, 3:9, 3:10, 3:11, 3:12, 3:13, 3:18, 3:21, 3:22, 3:24, 4:4, 4:22, 4:23, 5:5, 5:8, 6:8
Ephesians (9): 1:20, 2:8, 2:9, 3:15, 4:16, 4:29, 5:14, 5:30, 6:6
Philippians (8): 1:16, 1:17, 1:23, 3:5, 3:9, 3:11, 3:20, 4:22
Colossians (11): 1:13, 1:18, 2:12, 2:14, 2:19, 3:8, 3:23, 4:9, 4:11, 4:12, 4:16
1 Thessalonians (3): 1:10, 2:3, 2:6
2 Thessalonians (1): 2:7
2 Timothy (7): 2:8, 2:22, 2:26, 3:6, 3:11, 4:17, 4:22
Titus (4): 1:10, 1:12, 2:8, 3:5
Hebrews (20): 1:13, 2:11, 3:13, 3:16, 4:1, 5:1, 5:7, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:12, 7:14, 8:9, 9:28, 10:38, 11:3, 11:19, 11:35, 13:10, 13:20
James (11): 2:16, 2:18, 2:21, 2:22, 2:24, 2:25, 3:10, 3:11, 3:13, 4:1, 5:20
1 Peter (8): 1:3, 1:18, 1:21, 1:22, 1:23, 2:9, 2:12, 4:11
2 Peter (5): 1:18, 2:8, 2:9, 2:21, 3:5
1 John (23): 2:16, 2:19, 2:21, 2:29, 3:8, 3:9, 3:10, 3:12, 3:14, 3:19, 3:24, 4:1, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4, 4:5, 4:6, 4:7, 4:13, 5:1, 5:4, 5:18, 5:19
2 John (1): 1:4
Revelation (106): 1:5, 1:16, 2:5, 2:7, 2:9, 2:10, 2:11, 2:21, 2:22, 3:5, 3:9, 3:10, 3:12, 3:16, 3:18, 4:5, 5:5, 5:7, 5:9, 6:1, 6:4, 6:10, 6:14, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:13, 7:14, 7:17, 8:4, 8:5, 8:10, 8:11, 8:13, 9:1, 9:2, 9:3, 9:13, 9:17, 9:18, 9:20, 9:21, 10:1, 10:4, 10:8, 10:10, 11:5, 11:7, 11:9, 11:11, 11:12, 12:15, 12:16, 13:1, 13:3, 13:11, 13:13, 14:2, 14:8, 14:10, 14:13, 14:15, 14:17, 14:18, 14:20, 15:2, 15:6, 15:7, 15:8, 16:1, 16:7, 16:10, 16:11, 16:13, 16:17, 16:21, 17:1, 17:2, 17:6, 17:8, 17:11, 18:1, 18:3, 18:4, 18:12, 18:19, 18:20, 19:2, 19:15, 19:21, 20:1, 20:7, 20:9, 20:12, 21:2, 21:3, 21:4, 21:6, 21:9, 21:10, 21:21, 22:1, 22:19
Notes
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