ἐκek

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of motion outwards, separation from (opposed to εἰς; = Lat. e, ex), from out of, from among, from.

I. Of Place

1. of motion, out of, forth from, off from: John 6:31, Acts 9:3, Galatians 1:8, and elsewhere; especially after verbs of motion, Matthew 8:28, Matthew 17:9, Mark 1:25, Mark 7:28, John 1:33, John 20:1, Acts 12:17, Acts 12:17, Acts 27:30, and elsewhere; constr. praeg., σώζειν (διας.) ἐκ, Jude 1:5, Acts 28:4. Metaph., Matthew 7:4-5, 1 Peter 2:9; ἐκ τ. χειρός (-ῶν), followed by genitive of person, Luke 1:74, John 10:28-29, John 10:39, Acts 12:4, Acts 24:7, Revelation 19:2; πίνειν (see that word) ἐκ; of the place from which an action proceeds, Luke 15:3 (cf. Luke 12:36, John 13:4, 2 Corinthians 2:4).

2. Of change from one place or condition to another: John 8:42, Romans 6:13, Romans 13:11, Revelation 7:14, and elsewhere; with ellips. of verb of motion, 2 Timothy 2:26, 2 Peter 2:21, Revelation 2:21, and elsewhere

3. Of separation or distinction from a number, before collective or plural nouns: Matthew 13:47, Matthew 13:49, John 12:1, Acts 3:15, 1 Peter 1:3, and elsewhere; after εἷς, Matthew 10:29, Luke 17:15, and elsewhere; οὐδείς, John 7:19, and elsewhere; πολλοί, John 11:19, and elsewhere; τις, Luke 11:15, and elsewhere; τίς, Matthew 6:27, and elsewhere; in partitive phrase as subject of sentence, John 16:17; Hebraistically, ἐκ μέσου followed by genitive, = ἐκ (Heb. מִתֹּוךְ), Matthew 13:49, and elsewhere

4. Of position or direction (so in classical Greek = ἔξω): ἐκ δεξιῶν (see δεξιός); ἐξ ἐναντίας, Mark 15:39 (metaphorically, Titus 2:8); ἐκ ῥιζῶν (i.e., utterly), Matthew 11:20.

II. Of Time

1. of the point of time from which, from, since: ἐκ γενετῆς, John 9:1, cf. Mark 10:20, Luke 23:8, Acts 24:10, and elsewhere

2. Of succession in time: ἐκ δευτέρου, a second time, Mark 14:72, and elsewhere, cf. Matthew 26:44; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, from day to day, 2 Peter 2:8.

III. Of Origin

1. of nativity, lineage, race: κοίτην (ἐν γαστρί) ἔχειν, Romans 9:10, Matthew 1:18; γεννᾶν ἐκ, Matthew 1:3ff.; γεννᾶσθαι (γίνεσθαι) ἐκ, John 3:6, John 8:41, Galatians 4:4; ἐκ πνεύματος (θεοῦ), John 1:13, John 3:5ff., and elsewhere ἔρχεσθαι, εἶναι, etc., ἐκ τ. πολέως, John 1:44; φυλῆς, Luke 2:36, and elsewhere; τ. ἐξουσίας Ἡρῴδου, Luke 23:7; ὁ ὢν ἐκ τ. γῆς, John 3:31.

2. Of the author, occasion or source: Matthew 5:37, John 2:16, Romans 2:29, 2 Corinthians 8:6, Galatians 5:8, and elsewhere; ἐκ (τ.) θεοῦ, 1 Corinthians 7:7, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 1 John 4:7; ἐκ τ. πατρός, John 6:65, and elsewhere; ἐκ τ. γῆς ἐστιν, λαλεῖ, John 3:31; εκ καρδίας, Romans 6:17, cf. Mark 12:30, 1 Timothy 1:5; ἐκ ψυχῆς, Ephesians 6:6, Colossians 3:23; ἐκ πίστεως, Romans 14:23; κρίνειν ἐκ, Luke 19:22, Revelation 20:12.

3. Of the agent, after passive verbs: Matthew 15:5, Mark 7:11, 2 Corinthians 2:2, and elsewhere; frequently in Re after αδικεῖσθαι (Revelation 2:11), etc.

4. Of cause, dependence, source of supply: τ. πόνου (των), Revelation 16:10-11; τ. φωνῶν, Revelation 8:13; ἐκ τούτου, John 6:66, John 19:12 (but see Meyer, in ll.); ἐκ θεοῦ λαλεῖν, 2 Corinthians 2:17; ἐκ τ. ἀληθείας εἶναι, John 18:37, 1 John 3:19; ὁ ἐκ πίστεως, Romans 3:26, Romans 4:16; οἱ (ὄντες) ἐκ περιτομῆς, Acts 11:2, Romans 4:12, Galatians 2:12, Colossians 4:11; πίνειν ἐκ, Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, John 4:13, and elsewhere; θερίζειν, Galatians 6:8; μετέχειν ἐκ (= partit. genitive), 1 Corinthians 10:13; with infinitive, ἐκ τοῦ ἔχειν, 2 Corinthians 8:11.

5. Of material: Matthew 27:29, John 2:15, John 19:2, Romans 9:21, 1 Corinthians 11:12, Revelation 18:12, and elsewhere; allied to which is its use of price (= classical Greek genitive): Matthew 27:7, cf. Matthew 20:2, Acts 1:18.

IV. By attraction = ἐν (classical Greek): τὰ ἐκ τ. οἰκιας, Matthew 24:17; τ. ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν, Mark 5:30; ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, Luke 11:13.

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