ἐκ | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

ἐκ, ἐξ

Definition

gen: from; out of

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

915

1666

Cognates

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

Notes

When ἐκ is followed by a word beginning with a vowel, it is written ἐξ.

If you are really curious, the preposition proper is ἐξ. When it is followed by a word beginning with a consonant, the "sigma" in the ξι drops out (think of ξ as "xs") because it is an "interconsonantal sigma," i.e., the sigma occurs between two consonants (εξσ + consonant goes to εξ to ἐκ).

Biblical Concordance

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.