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
| 2 Peter 3:5 | For in maintaining this, they overlook the fact that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) water and by means of water. |
| 1 John 2:16 | For all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride of possession — is not from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the Father but from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the world. |
| 1 John 2:19 | They went out from (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) us but they were not of (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) us; for if they had been of (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) us, they would have continued with us. But they went out from us that it might become plain that none of them are of (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) us. |
| 1 John 2:21 | I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the truth. |
| 1 John 2:29 | If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) him. |
| 1 John 3:8 | The one who continues to sin is of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose — that he might destroy the works of the devil. |
| 1 John 3:9 | No one born of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God makes a practice of sinning, because God’s seed abides in him. He cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God. |
| 1 John 3:10 | By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. |
| 1 John 3:12 | We are not to be like Cain who was of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and those of his brother were righteous. |
| 1 John 3:14 | We know that we have crossed over from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) death to life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love remains in the realm of death. |
| 1 John 3:19 | And by this we will know that we are of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the truth and will set our conscience at rest in his presence, |
| 1 John 3:24 | And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us: by (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the Spirit whom he has given to us. |
| 1 John 4:1 | Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to find out whether they are from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
| 1 John 4:2 | This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God, |
| 1 John 4:3 | but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard was coming, and now is already in the world. |
| 1 John 4:4 | Little children, you have been born of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. |
| 1 John 4:5 | They are of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the world; therefore they speak from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the world’s perspective and the world listens to them. |
| 1 John 4:6 | We are from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God. The person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God does not listen to us. By (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. |
| 1 John 4:7 | Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God, and everyone who loves has been born of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God and knows God. |
| 1 John 4:13 | By this we know that we abide in God and he in us: because he has given us of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) his Spirit. |
| 1 John 5:1 | Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child. |
| 1 John 5:4 | because everyone who has been born of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God conquers the world. And this is the victorious power that has conquered the world — our faith. |
| 1 John 5:18 | We know that everyone who has been born of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God does not continue to sin, but the one who was born of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God protects him and the evil one will not harm him. |
| 1 John 5:19 | We know that we are children of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. |
| 2 John 1:4 | I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) your children walking in the truth, just as we received commandment from the Father. |
