Ek — G1537

G1537 · Greek — ἐκ

Pronunciation: ek

Definition

preposition

literal or figurative; direct or remote)

  1. of place, and
    1. universally, of the place from which
    2. from the midst (of a group, number, company, community) of many
      1. after verbs of going, leading, choosing, removing, etc
      2. before collective nouns, as ἐξολεθρεύω ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ
      3. before words signifying quantity
      4. εἶναι ἐκ τινων, to be of the number, company, fellowship, etc., of
    3. from a local surfacc, as sometimes the Latinex forde
    4. of the direction whence
    5. of the conditon or state out of which one comes or is brought
    6. of any kind of separation or dissolution of connection with a thing or person
    7. Hebraistically
  2. of the origin, source, cause
    1. of generation, birth, race, lineage, nativity
      1. after verbs of begetting, being born, etc
      2. εἶναι, γενέσθαι, ἔρχεσθαι, etc., ἐκ with the name of the city, race, people, tribe, family, etc., to spring or originate from, come from
    2. of any other kind of origin
    3. of the material out of which a thing is made, etc
    4. Its use to note the price is related, because the money is as it were, changed into that which is bought
    5. especially after neuter and passive verbs, ἐκ is used of the cause (whether thing or person) by which the act expressed by the accompanying verb is aided, sustained, effected
    6. of that on which a thing depends, or from which it results
    7. of the power on which anyone depends, by which he is prompted and governed, whose character he reflects
    8. of the cause for which
    9. of the supply out of (from) which a thing is taken, given, received, eaten, drunk, etc
    10. of that from which anything is obtained
    11. of the whole of which anything is a part
    12. of the source
      1. universally
      2. of the source of conduct, as to be found in the state of the soul, its feelings, virtues, vices, etc
      3. of the source of knowledge
    13. of that from which a rule of judging or acting is derived
  3. By Attraction, common in classic Greek , two prepositions coalesce as it were into one, so that ἐκ seems to be used for ἐν, thus ἆραι τά ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ concisely for τά ἐν τῇ οἰκία αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτῆς
  4. of Time
    1. of the (temporal) point from which
    2. of succession in time, a temporal series
  5. Adverbial phrases
    1. of direction whence
    2. of source
    3. of the measure or standard
  6. In Composition ἐκ denotes
    1. egress ἐκβαίνω, ἐξέρχομαι
    2. emission, removal, separation
    3. origin
    4. publicity
    5. the unfolding, opening out, of something tied together or rolled up
    6. is equivalent to utterly, entirely, παντελῶς , denoting completion and perfection

Usually translated as

of, from, by, on, with, are, in, among, out among, over, at, through, for, beyond, exceedingly, grudgingly, heartily, heavenly, hereby, very highly, off, vehemently, after, betwixt, forth, since, thenceforth, unto, without

Origin

a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause

Occurrences

Ek occurs 906 times in 750 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (66), Mark (53), Luke (74), John (133), Acts (85), Romans (50), 1 Corinthians (27), 2 Corinthians (21), Galatians (26), Ephesians (10), Philippians (6), Colossians (11), 1 Thessalonians (5), 2 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (2), 2 Timothy (6), Titus (4), Hebrews (19), James (11), 1 Peter (8), 2 Peter (5), 1 John (23), 2 John (1), 3 John (2), Jude (2), Revelation (99)

Strong's Lexicon — E