ἐκ
ek
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: 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.
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Concordance 760 verses
- John 1:16 ἐκ
From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- John 1:19 ἐξ
And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
- John 1:24 ἐκ
Then the Pharisees who had been sent
- John 1:32 ἐξ
Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
- John 1:35 ἐκ
The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
- John 1:40 ἐκ
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
- John 1:44 ἐκ
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
- John 1:46 Ἐκ
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
- John 2:15 ἐκἐκ
So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
- John 2:22 ἐκ
After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
- John 3:1 ἐκ
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
- John 3:5 ἐξ
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- John 3:6 ἐκἐκ
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- John 3:8 ἐκ
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
- John 3:13 ἐκ
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
- John 3:25 ἐκ
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
- John 3:27 ἐκ
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- John 3:31 ἐκἐκἐκἐκ
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
- John 3:34 ἐκ
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
- John 4:6 ἐκ
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 4:7 ἐκ
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
- John 4:12 ἐξ
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
- John 4:13 ἐκ
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
- John 4:14 ἐκ
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 4:22 ἐκ
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- John 4:30 ἐκ
So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
- John 4:39 Ἐκ
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
- John 4:47 ἐκ
When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
- John 4:54 ἐκ
This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
- John 5:24 ἐκ
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 6:8 ἐκ
One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
- John 6:11 ἐκ
Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
- John 6:13 ἐκ
So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
- John 6:23 ἐκ
However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
- John 6:26 ἐκ
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
- John 6:31 ἐκ
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
- John 6:32 ἐκἐκ
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
- John 6:33 ἐκ
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
- John 6:39 ἐξ
And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
- John 6:41 ἐκ
At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
- John 6:42 Ἐκ
They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”
- John 6:50 ἐκἐξ
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- John 6:51 ἐκἐκ
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
- John 6:58 ἐξ
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
- John 6:60 ἐκ
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
- John 6:64 ἐξἐξ
However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
- John 6:65 ἐκ
Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
- John 6:66 Ἐκἐκ
From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
- John 6:70 ἐξ
Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- John 6:71 ἐκ
He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.