Gloss
of, out of; from, away from. Spatially: extension from a space to a goal outer in reference, separation; logically: the means or source of an activity, disassociation or separation
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἐκ, ἐξ
Greek transliteration
ek
Simplified transliteration
ek
Numbers
Strong's number
1537
GK Number
1666
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
915
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
prep
Definition
ἐξ before vowels, with genitive, from, out of, a place, Mt. 2:15; 3:17; of, from, out of, denoting origin or source, Mt. 1:3; 21:19; of, from some material, Mt. 3:9; Rom. 9:21; of, from, among, partitively, Mt. 6:27; 21:31; Mk. 9:17; from, denoting cause, Rev. 8:11; 17:6; means or instrument, Mt. 12:33, 37; by, through, denoting the author or efficient cause, Mt. 1:18; Jn. 10:32; of, denoting the distinguishing mark of a class, Rom. 2:8; Gal. 3:7; of time, after, 2 Cor. 4:6; Rev. 17:11; from, after, since, Mt. 19:12; Lk. 8:27; for, with, denoting a rate of payment, price, Mt. 20:2; 27:7; at, denoting position, Mt. 20:21, 23; after passive verbs, by, of, from, marking the agent, Mt. 15:5; Mk. 7:11; forming with certain words a periphrasis for an adverb, Mt. 26:42, 44; Mk. 6:51; Lk. 23:8; put after words of freeing, Rom. 7:24; 2 Cor. 1:10; used partitively after verbs of eating, drinking, etc., Jn. 6:26; 1 Cor. 9:7
Greek-English Concordance for ἐκ
| Hebrews 13:10 | We have an altar from (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) which those who serve in the tabernacle do not have the right to eat. |
| Hebrews 13:20 | And may the God of peace, who, by the blood of the eternal covenant, brought up from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, |
| James 2:16 | and one of (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) you says to them, “Go in peace; stay warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not give them what their body needs, what good is that? |
| James 2:18 | But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) my works. |
| James 2:21 | Was not Abraham our father justified by (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? |
| James 2:22 | You see that faith was at work along with his works and that his faith was made complete by (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) his works. |
| James 2:24 | You see that a person is justified by (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) works and not by (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) faith alone. |
| James 2:25 | And in the same way was not also Rahab the harlot justified by (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) works when she took in the spies and sent them out by another way? |
| James 3:10 | From (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not happen. |
| James 3:11 | Does a spring pour forth water from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the same opening that is both fresh and brackish? |
| James 3:13 | Who is wise and understanding among you? By (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) his exemplary conduct let him show his works done in the gentleness born of wisdom. |
| James 4:1 | What accounts for the quarrels and disputes among you? Is it not this — your desires that are at war in your members? |
| James 5:20 | he should know that the one who brings a sinner back from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the error of his way will save that person’s soul from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) death and cover a multitude of sins. |
| 1 Peter 1:3 | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the dead, |
| 1 Peter 1:18 | since you know that you were ransomed from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the empty way of life handed down from your ancestors, not by perishable things such as silver or gold, |
| 1 Peter 1:21 | who through him believe in God, who raised him from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. |
| 1 Peter 1:22 | Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that there is a sincere love for other believers, love one another fervently from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) a pure heart, |
| 1 Peter 1:23 | for you have been born again not of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) perishable seed but of imperishable, by means of the living and enduring word of God. |
| 1 Peter 2:9 | But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, so that you may declare the glorious deeds of the one who called you out of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) darkness into his marvelous light. |
| 1 Peter 2:12 | and maintain an honorable lifestyle among the Gentiles so that, with respect to the very things about which they slander you as evildoers, they may, by (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation. |
| 1 Peter 4:11 | if someone speaks, as speaking the oracles of God; if someone serves, as by (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) the strength that God supplies — so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and power forever and ever. Amen. |
| 2 Peter 1:18 | We ourselves heard this voice borne from (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. |
| 2 Peter 2:8 | (for while that righteous man was living among them day after (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) day, he was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds that he saw and heard); |
| 2 Peter 2:9 | then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) trial, but to keep the unrighteous under guard awaiting punishment on the day of judgment, |
| 2 Peter 2:21 | For it would have been better for them never to have come to know the way of righteousness than, having come to know it, to turn back from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the holy commandment that was delivered to them. |
