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

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

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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Acts 23:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
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Acts 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
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Acts 26:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
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Acts 26:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
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Acts 26:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
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Acts 27:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
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Acts 27:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.
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Acts 27:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.
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Acts 28:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
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Acts 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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Romans 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
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Romans 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Romans 1:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
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Romans 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
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Romans 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
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Romans 2:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
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Romans 2:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.
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Romans 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
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Romans 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
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Romans 3:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
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Romans 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
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Romans 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
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Romans 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
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Romans 4:16 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
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Romans 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
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Romans 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Romans 5:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
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Romans 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
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Romans 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
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Romans 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
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Romans 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
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Romans 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
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Romans 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
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Romans 8:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
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Romans 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
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Romans 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
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Romans 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
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Romans 9:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
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Source alternate reference: 9.11
Romans 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
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Romans 9:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
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Romans 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
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Romans 9:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
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Romans 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
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Romans 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)
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Romans 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
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Romans 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
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Romans 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
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Romans 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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Romans 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
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Romans 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
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