out from

Greek Preposition

ἐκ (ἐξ), prep. with genitive, from out of, from (see Addendum, p. 492). This entry is included here, but in the print version the entry is found on p. 492. ἐκ, before a vowel ἐξ, prep. with genitive, of motion outwards, separation from (opposite to εἰς; = Lat. e, ex), from out of, from among, from. I. Of Place, 1) of motion, out of, forth from, off from: Jhn.6:31, Act.9:3, Gal.1:8, al; esp. after verbs of motion, Mat.8:28 17:9, Mrk.1:25 7:28, Jhn.1:33 20:1, Act.12:7, 17 27:30, al; constr. praeg, σώζειν (διας) ἐκ, Ju 5, Act.28:4. Metaphorical, Mat.7:4, 5, 1Pe.2:9; ἐκ τ. χειρός (-ῶν), before genitive of person(s), Luk.1:74, Jhn.10:28, 29, 39, Act.12:4 24:7, Rev.19:2; πίνειν (which see) ἐκ; of the place from which an action proceeds, Luk.5:3 (cf. 12:36, Jhn.13:4, 2Co.2:4). 2) Of change from one place or condition to another: Jhn.8:42, Rom.6:13 13:11, Rev.7:14, al; with ellips. of verb of motion, 2Ti.2:26, 2Pe.2:21, Rev.2:21, al. 3) Of separation or distinction from a number, before collective or pl. nouns: Mat.13:47, 49, Jhn.12:1, Act.3:15, 1Pe.1:3, al; after εἷς, Mat.10:29 Luk.17:15, al; οὐδείς, Jhn.7:19, al; πολλοί, Jhn.11:19, al; τις, Luk.11:15, al; τίς, Mat.6:27, al; in partitive phrase as subject of sentence, Jhn.16:17; Hebraistically, ἐκ μέσου before genitive, = ἐκ (Heb. מִתּוֹךְ), Mat.13:49, al. 4) Of position or direction (so in cl. = ἔξω): ἐκ δεξιῶν (see: δεξιός); ἐξ ἐναντίας, Mrk.15:39 (metaphorically, Tit.2:8); ἐκ ῥιζῶν (i.e, utterly), Mat.11:20. II. Of Time, 1) of the point of time from which, from, since: ἐκ γενετῆς, Jhn.9:1, cf. Mrk.10:20, Luk.23:8, Act.24:10, al. 2) Of succession in time: ἐκ δευτέρου, a second time, Mrk.14:72, al, cf. Mat.26:44; ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας, from day to day, 2Pe.2:8. III. Of Origin, 1) of nativity, lineage, race: κοίτην (ἐν γαστρί) ἔχειν, Rom.9:10, Mat.1:18; γεννᾶν ἐκ, Mat.1:3 ff; γεννᾶσθαι (γίνεσθαι) ἐκ, Jhn.3:6 8:41, Gal.4:4; ἐκ πνεύματος (θεοῦ), Jhn.1:13 3:5ff, al. ἔρχεσθαι, εἶναι, etc, ἐκ τ. πολέως, Jhn.1:44; φυλῆς, Luk.2:36, al; τ. ἐξουσίας Ἡρῴδου, Luk.23:7; ὁ ὢν ἐκ τ. γῆς, Jhn.3:31. 2) Of the author, occasion or source: Mat.5:37, Jhn.2:16, Rom.2:29, 1Co.8:6, Gal.5:8, al; ἐκ (τ. θεοῦ, 1Co.7:7, 2Co.5:1, 1Jn.4:7; ἐκ τ. πατρός, Jhn.6:65, al; ἐκ τ. γῆς ἐστιν, λαλεῖ, Jhn.3:31; εκ καρδίας, Rom.6:17, cf. Mrk.12:30, 1Ti.1:5; ἐκ ψυχῆς, Eph.6:6, Col.3:23; ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.14:23; κρίνειν ἐκ, Luk.19:22, Rev.20:12. 3) Of the agent, after passive verbs: Mat.15:5, Mrk.7:11, 2Co.2:2, al; frequently in Re after αδικεῖσθαι (2:11), etc. 4) Of cause, dependence, source of supply: τ. πόνου (των), Rev.16:10, 11; τ. φωνῶν, Rev.8:13; ἐκ τούτου, Jhn.6:66 19:12 (but see Meyer, in ll.); ἐκ θεοῦ λαλεῖν, 2Co.2:17; ἐκ τ. ἀληθείας, Jhn.18:37, 1Jn.3:19; ὁ ἐκ πίστεως, Rom.3:26 4:16; οἱ (ὄντες) ἐκ περιτομῆς, Act.11:2, Rom.4:12, Gal.2:12, Col.4:11; πίνειν ἐκ, Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25, Jhn.4:13, al; θερίζειν, Gal.6:8; μετέχειν ἐκ (= partit. genitive), 1Co.10:13; with inf, ἐκ τοῦ ἔχειν, 2Co.8:11. 5) Of material: Mat.27:29, Jhn.2:15 19:2, Rom.9:21, 1Co.11:12, Rev.18:12, al; allied to which is its use of price (= cl. genitive): Mat.27:7, cf. ib. 20:2, Act.1:18. IV. By attraction = ἐν (cl.): τὰ ἐκ τ. οἰκιας, Mat.24:17; τ. ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν, Mrk.5:30 (see Field, in l.); ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, Luk.11:13. V. Adverbial phrases: ἐξ ἀνάγκης, 2Co.9:7, Heb.7:12; ἐξ ἰσότητος, 2Co.8:13; ἐκ μέρους, 1Co.12:27 13:9-12; ἐκ μέτρου, Jhn.3:34; ἐκ συμφώνου, 1Co.7:5. VI. in composition, ἐκ signifies, 1) procession, removal: ἐκβαίνω, ἐκβάλλω. 2) Opening out, unfolding: ἐκτείνω; metaphorically, ἐξαγγάλλω. 3) Origin: ἔκγονος. 4) Completeness: ἐξαπορέω (see M, Pr., 237), ἐκπληρόω, ἐκτελέω. (AS)

out from

Greek Preposition

ἐκ, before a vowel ἐξ, also A) ἐξ τῳ ϝοίκῳ [Refs] and less frequently ; ἐγ- in Inscrr. before β γ δ λ μ ; Cretan dialect and Boeotian dialect ἐς [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐχ frequently in Attic dialect Inscrr. before χ φ θ (and in early Inscrr. before ς, [Refs]:—preposition governing GEN. only (except in [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—radical sense, from out of, frequently also simply, from. A.I) OF PLACE, the most frequently usage, variously modified: A.I.1) of Motion, out of, forth from, ἐκ Πύλου ἐλθὼν τηλόθεν ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης [Refs 8th c.BC+] to strike with a spear in the hand, opposed to ἀντιτοξεύειν or ἀκοντίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ χρυσῶν φιαλῶν πίνειν[Refs 5th c.BC+] A.I.2) ἐκ θυμοῦ φίλεον I loved her from my heart, with all my heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐξ εὐμενῶν στέρνων δέχεσθαι receive with kindly heart, [Refs]; ὀρθὸς ἐξ ὀρθῶν δίφρων with chariot still upright, [Refs] A.I.3) to denote change or succession, frequently with an antithetic repetition of the same word, δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ one evil comes from (or after) another, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόλιν ἐκ πόλεως ἀμείβειν, ἀλλάττειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, instead of, τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.I.4) to express separation or distinction from a number, ἐκ πολέων πίσυρες four out of many, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἶναι ἐκ τῶν δυναμένων to be one of the wealthy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμοὶ ἐκ πασέων Ζεὺς ἄλγε᾽ ἔδωκεν to me out of (i.e. above) all, [LXX+8th c.BC+] A.I.5) of Position, outside of, beyond, chiefly in early writers, ἐκ βελέων out of shot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ καπνοῦ out of the smoke, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ πατρίδος banished from one's country, [Refs]; ἐκ μεσου κατῆστο sate down apart from the company, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἠθέων τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατεῖλαι out of its accustomed quarters, [Refs]; ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν out of sight, [Refs]; ἐξ ὁδοῦ out of the road, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.I.6) with Verbs of Rest, where previous motion is implied, on, in, δαῖέ οἱ ἐκ κόρυθος.πῦρ lighted a fire from (i.e. on) his helmet, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ ποταμοῦ χρόα νίζετο washed his body in the river (with water from the river), [Refs 8th c.BC+] having hung a chain from heaven, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ πασσαλόφι κρέμασεν φόρμιγγα he hung his lyre from (i.e. on) the peg, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνάπτεσθαι ἔκ τινος fasten from i.e. upon) a thing,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρισθεὶς ἐξ ἀντύγων gripped to the chariot-rail, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ βραχίονος ἵππον ἐπέλκουσα leading it [by a rein] upon her arm, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to have their hopes dependent upon them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ χειρὸς ἄγειν lead by the hand, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐκ ποδὸς ἕπεσθαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+] the robbers of the islands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίας those in the sea-fight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἐκ τῶν σκηνῶν those in the tents, [Refs 5th c.BC+] from Olympus where she stood, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καθῆσθαι ἐκ πάγων to sit on the heights and look from them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ βυθοῦ at the bottom, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] on the right, left, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ θαλάσσης, opposed to ἐκ τῆς μεσογείας, [Refs 4th c.BC+] A.I.7) νικᾶν ἔκ τινος win a victory over, [NT] A.II) OF TIME, elliptic with pronoun relative and demonstrative, ἐξ οὗ [χρόνου] since, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in apodosis, ἐκ τοῦ from that time, [Refs 8th c.BC+] thereafter, [Refs 8th c.BC+] usually after this, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ πολλοῦ (i.e. χρόνου) for a long time, [Refs]; ἐξ ὀλίγου at short notice, [Refs] (but also a short time since, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.II.2) of particular points of time, ἐκ νεότητος.ἐς γῆρας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ νέου, ἐκ παιδός, from boyhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καύματος ἔξ after hot weather, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νέφος ἔρχεται οὐρανὸν εἴσω αἰθέρος ἐκ δίης after clear weather,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; so (like ἀπό II) ἐκ τῆς θυσίης γενέσθαι to have just finished sacrifice, [Refs], etc; ἐκ τοῦ ἀρίστου after breakfast, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ εἰρήνης πολεμεῖν to go to war after peace, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ χειμῶνος at the end of winter, [Refs 1st c.AD+] A.II.3) at, in, ἐκ νυκτῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ λοιποῦ or ἐκ τῶν λοιπῶν for the future, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.III) OF ORIGIN, A.III.1) of Material, out of or of which things are made, γίγνεταί τι ἔκ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συνετάττετο ἐκ τῶν ἔτι προσιόντων formed line of battle from the troops as they marched up, [Refs] A.III.2) of Parentage, ἔκ τινος εἶναι, γενέσθαι, etc, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ γὰρ ἐμεῦ γένος ἐσσί (where γένος is accusative [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.III.3) of Place of Origin or Birth, ἐκ Σιδῶνος.εὔχομαι εἶναι [NT+8th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλή the Areopagus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐκ τοῦ Περιπάτου the Peripatetics, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ ἐξ Ἀκαδημείας the Academic, [NT+2nd c.AD+] A.III.4) of the Author or Occasion of a thing, ὄναρ, τιμὴ ἐκ Διός ἐστιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θάνατος ἐκ μνηστήρων death by the hand of the suitors, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐξ Ἑλλήνων τείχεα walls built by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κίνημα ἐξ αὑτοῦ spontaneous motion, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.III.5) with the agent after passive Verbs, by, poetical and early Prose, ἐφίληθεν ἐκ Διός they were beloved of (i.e.by) Zeus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κήδε᾽ ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διός[Refs 8th c.BC+] A.III.6) of Cause, Instrument, or Means by which a thing is done, ἐκ πατέρων φιλότητος in consequence of our fathers' friendship, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ τίνος λόγο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ το; wherefore? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιεῖτε ὑμῖν φίλους ἐκ τοῦ Μαμωνᾶ τῆς ἀδικίας make yourselves friends of (i.e. by means of), [NT+5th c.BC+] A.III.7) in accordance with, ἐκ τῶν λογίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῶν ἔργων κρινόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.III.8) frequently as periphrastic for adverb, ἐκ προνοίας [Refs]; ἐκ βίας by force, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ φανεροῦ, ἐκ τοῦ προφανοῦς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἴσου, ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with feminine adjective, ἐκ τῆς ἰθέης [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.III.9) of Number or Measurement, with numerals, ἐκ τρίτων in the third place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; distributively, apiece, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] A.III.9.b) of Price, ἐξ ὀκτὼ ὀβολῶν [NT] A.III.9.c) of Weight, ἐπιπέμματα ἐξ ἡμιχοινικίου [Refs 4th c.BC+] A.III.9.d) of Space, θινώδης ὢν ὁ τόπος ἐξ εἴκοσι σταδίων by the space of twenty stades, [Refs 1st c.BC+] B) ἐκ is frequently separated from its CASE, [Refs 8th c.BC+]—It takes an accent in anastrophe, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —It is combined with other Preps. to make the sense more definite, as διέκ, παρέκ, ὑπέκ. C) IN COMPOSITION (joined with other words), the sense of removal prevails; out, away, off. C.2) to express completion, like our utterly, ἐκπέρθω, ἐξαλαπάζω, ἐκβαρβαρόω, ἐκδιδάσκω, ἐκδιψάω, ἐκδωριεύομαι, ἐξοπλίζω, ἐξομματόω, ἔκλευκος, ἔκπικρος. D) As adverb, therefrom, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

Greek

Preposition

literal or figurative; direct or remote); after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, …ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out); a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause