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ἐκ

Vocabulary form: 
ejk, ejx
Definition: 

gen: from, out of

Erasmian: 
Modern: 
Frequency: 
915
GK: 
1666
Cognates: 

Ecstasy (e[kstasiV) is to stand outside of oneself.

Notes: 

When ejk is followed by a word beginning with a vowel, it is written ejx.

If you are really curious, the preposition proper is ejx. When it is followed by a word beginning with a consonant, the "sigma" in the xi drops out (think of x as "xs") because it is an "interconsonantal sigma," i.e., the sigma occurs between two consonants (exs + consonant goes to ex to ejk).

Mnemonics

Submitted by [email protected] on Sat, 2017-09-16 18:50

Ekkk! I gotta get out from here.

Submitted by Davids on Thu, 2017-09-28 06:45

Exit from or out of

Submitted by AWOL on Thu, 2018-09-13 08:54

EK! I spat the rotten GENip OUT OF my mouth!

Submitted by Veritas19 on Thu, 2021-10-07 13:20

My ex is from...

Biblical Concordance

Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and he will be with them as their God.
Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) their eyes. Death will be no more, mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the former things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who thirsts I will give permission to drink free of charge from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the spring of the water of life.
Revelation 21:9 Then came one of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit up onto a great, lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) heaven from God.
Revelation 21:21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates was made of (ex | ἐξ | prep-gen) a single pearl. And the main street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
Revelation 22:1 Then the angel showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, flowing from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Revelation 22:19 and if anyone should take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share from the tree of life and from (ek | ἐκ | prep-gen) the holy city, which are described in this book.

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