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Strong's G1537 · Greek

ἐκ

ek

or ex ex a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐκ (G1537)

914 ἐκ ( ἐξ ), prep. c. gen., 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. c. gen., of motion outwards, separation from (opp. to εἰς ; = Lat. e, ex ), from out of, from among, from . Of Place, of motion, out of, forth from, off from : Jo 6:31 , Ac 9:3 , Ga 1:8 , al.; esp. after verbs of motion, Mt 8:28 17:9 , Mk 1:25 7:28 , Jo 1:33 20:1 , Ac 12:7 , 17 27:30 , al.; constr. praeg., σώζειν (διας.) ἐκ , Ju 5 , Ac 28:4 . Metaph., Mt 7:4, 5 , I Pe 2:9 ; ἐκ τ. χειρός (-ῶν) , seq. gen. pers., Lk 1:74 , Jo 10:28, 29 , 39 , Ac 12:4 24:7 , Re 19:2 ; πίνειν (q.v.) ἐκ ; of the place from which an action proceeds, Lk 5:3 (cf. 12:36 , Jo 13:4 , II Co 2:4 ). Of change from one place or condition to another: Jo 8:42 , Ro 6:13 13:11 , Re 7:14 , al.; c. ellips. of verb of motion, II Ti 2:26 , II Pe 2:21 , Re 2:21 , al. Of separation or distinction from a number, before collective or pl. nouns: Mt 13:47 , 49 , Jo 12:1 , Ac 3:15 , I Pe 1:3 , al.; after εἷς , Mt 10:29 , Lk 17:15 , al.; οὐδείς , Jo 7:19 , al.; πολλοί , Jo 11:19 , al.; τις , Lk 11:15 , al.; τίς , Mt 6:27 , al.; in partitive phrase as subject of sentence, Jo 16:17 ; Hebraistically, ἐκ μέσου seq. gen., = ἐκ (Heb. מִתֹּוךְ ), Mt 13:49 , al. Of position or direction (so in cl. = ἔξω ): ἐκ δεξιῶν (v.s. δεξιός ); ἐξ ἐναντίας , Mk 15:39 (metaph., Tit 2:8 ); ἐκ ῥιζῶν (i.e., utterly ), Mt 11:20 . Of Time, of the point of time from which, from, since : ἐκ γενετῆς , Jo 9:1 , cf. Mk 10:20 , Lk 23:8 , Ac 24:10 , al. Of succession in time: ἐκ δευτέρου , a second time , Mk 14:72 , al., cf. Mt 26:44 ; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας , from day to day , II Pe 2:8 . Of Origin, of nativity, lineage, race: κοίτην (ἐν γαστρί) ἔχειν , Ro 9:10 , Mt 1:18 ; γεννᾶν ἐκ , Mt 1:3 ff.; γεννᾶσθαι (γίνεσθαι) ἐκ , Jo 3:6 8:41 , Ga 4:4 ; ἐκ πνεύματος (θεοῦ) , Jo 1:13 3:5 ff., al. ἔρχεσθαι, εἶναι , etc., ἐκ τ. πολέως , Jo 1:44 ; φυλῆς , Lk 2:36 , al.; τ. ἐξουσίας Ἡρῴδου , Lk 23:7 ; ὁ ὢν ἐκ τ. γῆς , Jo 3:31 . Of the author, occasion or source: Mt 5:37 , Jo 2:16 , Ro 2:29 , I Co 8:6 , Ga 5:8 , al.; ἐκ (τ.) θεοῦ , I Co 7:7 , II Co 5:1 , I Jo 4:7 ; ἐκ τ. πατρός , Jo 6:65 , al.; ἐκ τ. γῆς ἐστιν, λαλεῖ , Jo 3:31 ; εκ καρδίας , Ro 6:17 , cf. Mk 12:30 , I Ti 1:5 ; ἐκ ψυχῆς , Eph 6:6 , Col 3:23 ; ἐκ πίστεως , Ro 14:23 ; κρίνειν ἐκ , Lk 19:22 , Re 20:12 . Of the agent, after passive verbs: Mt 15:5 , Mk 7:11 , II Co 2:2 , al.; freq. in Re after αδικεῖσθαι ( 2:11 ), etc. Of cause, dependence, source of supply: τ. πόνου (των) , Re 16:10, 11 ; τ. φωνῶν , Re 8:13 ; ἐκ τούτου , Jo 6:66 19:12 (but v. Meyer, in ll.); ἐκ θεοῦ λαλεῖν , II Co 2:17 ; ἐκ τ. ἀληθείας εἶναι , Jo 18:37 , I Jo 3:19 ; ὁ ἐκ πίστεως , Ro 3:26 4:16 ; οἱ (ὄντες) ἐκ περιτομῆς , Ac 11:2 , Ro 4:12 , Ga 2:12 , Col 4:11 ; πίνειν ἐκ , Mt 26:29 , Mk 14:25 , Jo 4:13 , al.; θερίζειν , Ga 6:8 ; μετέχειν ἐκ (= partit. gen.), I Co 10:13 ; c. inf., ἐκ τοῦ ἔχειν , II Co 8:11 . Of material: Mt 27:29 , Jo 2:15 19:2 , Ro 9:21 , I Co 11:12 , Re 18:12 , al.; allied to which is its use of price (= cl. gen.): Mt 27:7 , cf. ib. 20:2 , Ac 1:18 . By attraction = ἐν (cl.): τὰ ἐκ τ. οἰκιας , Mt 24:17 ; τ. ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν , Mk 5:30 (v. Field, in l.); ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ , Lk 11:13 . Adverbial phrases: ἐξ ἀνάγκης , II Co 9:7 , He 7:12 ; ἐξ ἰσότητος , II Co 8:13 ; ἐκ μέρους , I Co 12:27 13:9-12 ; ἐκ μέτρου , Jo 3:34 ; ἐκ συμφώνου , I Co 7:5. in composition, ἐκ signifies, procession, removal: ἐκβαίνω, ἐκβάλλω . Opening out, unfolding: ἐκτείνω ; metaph., ἐξαγγάλλω . Origin: ἔκγονος . Completeness: ἐξαπορέω (v. M, Pr. , 237), ἐκπληρόω, ἐκτελέω .

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