ἐκ

ek

Greek G1537 Preposition 915 occurrences in 760 verses

ἐκ out from

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 7:17 ἐκ

If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
John 7:19 ἐξ

Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
John 7:22 ἐκἐκ

But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
John 7:25 ἐκ

Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
John 7:31 Ἐκ

Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
John 7:38 ἐκ

Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
John 7:40 Ἐκ

On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
John 7:41 ἐκ

Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
John 7:42 ἐκ

Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
John 7:44 ἐξ

Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
John 7:48 ἐκἐκ

“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
John 7:50 ἐξ

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
John 7:52 ἐκἐκ

“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
John 8:23 ἐκἐκἐκἐκ

Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
John 8:41 ἐκ

You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
John 8:42 ἐκ

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.
John 8:44 ἐκἐκ

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.
John 8:46 ἐξ

Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?
John 8:47 ἐκἐκ

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
John 8:59 ἐκ

At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
John 9:1 ἐκ

Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
John 9:6 ἐκ

When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
John 9:16 ἐκ

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.
John 9:24 ἐκ

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.”
John 9:32 ἐκ

Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
John 9:40 ἐκ

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
John 10:16 ἐκ

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.
John 10:20 ἐξ

Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
John 10:26 ἐκ

But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
John 10:28 ἐκ

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
John 10:29 ἐκ

My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
John 10:32 ἐκ

But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
John 10:39 ἐκ

At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
John 11:1 ἐκ

At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
John 11:19 ἐκ

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
John 11:37 ἐξ

But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
John 11:45 ἐκ

Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
John 11:46 ἐξ

But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
John 11:49 ἐξ

But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
John 11:55 ἐκ

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
John 12:1 ἐκ

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
John 12:2 ἐκ

So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
John 12:3 ἐκ

Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
John 12:4 ἐκ

But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
John 12:9 ἐκἐκ

Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
John 12:17 ἐκἐκ

Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.
John 12:20 ἐκ

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
John 12:27 ἐκ

Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
John 12:28 ἐκ

Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
John 12:32 ἐκ

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”