ek G1537

ἐκ (ek) means “out from” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἐκ Greek · G1537 911 tagged occurrences in 756 verses

Pronunciation guide: ek Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

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TBESG · G1537

ἐκ · ek · out from

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.1:3ff.; 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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.

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How translators render G1537

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
from	335
of	152
out of	74
by	60
vvv	21
at	19
in	16
with	15
on	14
one of	10
some of	9
for	8
among	6
from among	6
out	5
belong	3
to	3
a part of	2
because of	2
because you	2
between	2
comes from	2
depends on	2
have	2
that followed	2
through	2
according to	1
after	1
against	1
all	1
and escape	1
and from	1
any of	1
arise from	1
as	1
away	1
back from	1
based	1
believers	1
belong to	1
brought from	1
came from	1
coming out of	1
descended from	1
each of you is	1
from my	1
from then on	1
he might say	1
inspired	1
is by	1
men sent from	1
off	1
out from	1
perspective	1
that brings	1
that comes by	1
that comes from	1
that is by	1
that is how	1
that there may be	1
that was poured out	1
they used	1
those from	1
those who belong to	1
under	1
up from	1
use	1
was	1
was it from	1
who	1
who belonged to	1
who has	1
who live by	1
who was coming from	1
who was of	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of	395
from	183
out of	104
by	54
on	33
out	29
with	24
in	7
over	5
among	4
the second time	4
at	3
through	3
which is of	3
and	2
by reason	2
for	2
out from	2
thereof	2
whereof	2
about	1
again	1
also of	1
are of	1
be of	1
because	1
because of	1
before	1
betwixt	1
beyond	1
by reason of	1
by the means of	1
earthly	1
eight	1
exceeding abundantly	1
from among	1
grudgingly	1
have of	1
heartily	1
heavenly	1
hereby	1
in his	1
in your	1
long	1
off	1
out of them	1
raised to life again	1
since	1
the third time	1
they of	1
though	1
to	1
unto	1
up	1
were of	1
without	1
your	1

Verses containing G1537

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John 7:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
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John 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
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John 7:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
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John 7:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
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John 7:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
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John 7:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
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John 7:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
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John 7:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
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John 7:48 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
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John 7:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
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John 7:52 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
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John 8:23 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
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John 8:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
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John 8:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
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John 8:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
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John 8:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?
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John 8:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
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John 8:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
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John 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
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John 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
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John 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
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John 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
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John 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
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John 9:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
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John 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
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John 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
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John 10:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
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John 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
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John 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
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John 10:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
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John 10:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
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John 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
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John 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
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John 11:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
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John 11:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
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John 11:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
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John 11:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
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John 11:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
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John 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
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John 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
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John 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
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John 12:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
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John 12:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.
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John 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
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John 12:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
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John 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
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John 12:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”
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John 12:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can You say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
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John 12:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
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John 12:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
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