Learning To Use New Testament Greek Lesson XVI. Prepositions With One Case ajpov –645 occurrences –Always in the genitive case –Most frequently rendered.

Learning To Use New

Testament Greek

Lesson XVI

Prepositions With One Case

• ajpov– 645 occurrences– Always in the genitive case– Most frequently rendered from,

away from or of•I received the book from the brother. (ajpov tou: ajdelfou:)

– Contains the allomorphs ajp before a vowel (ajp ejmou: “from me”:) and ajf before a rough breathing mark. (ajf hJmw:n “from us”)

Prepositions With One Case

• eijV– 1753 occurrences– Always in the accusative

case– Most frequently rendered

“into”, “to”, “for” or “in”•I walked into the house. (eijV to;n oi[kou.)

Prepositions With One Case

• ejkv– 915 occurrences– Always in the genitive case– Most frequently rendered “out

of”, “from” or “by”•I went out of the temple.

(ejk tou: iJerou:)– Contains allomorph ejx before

a vowel (ejx oi[kou “out of a house”:)

Prepositions With One Case

• ejnv– 2713 occurrences– Always in the dative case– Most frequently rendered “in”,

“within”, “by”, “with” or “among”•I got lost in the crowd. (ejn

tw: o[clw/)

– ejn is sometimes used to express impersonal agency

Prepositions With One Case

• Note:– A preposition is always to be

read in conjunction with what it governs in a sentence.

– This combination is called a prepositional phrase and is a single unit of meaning.

– Hence, ejn tw: o[clw/ is not to be read as ejn (in) plus tw: o[xlw (for the crowd) but rather as a single unit of thought (in the crowd).

luvw to;n dou:lon ejn th/: ejkklhsiva.

I loose the servant in the church.

blevpomen tou;V oi[kouV tw:n neaniw:n.

We see the houses of the young men.

levgei oJ a[ggeloV lovgouV qanavtou toi:V o[cloiV.

The messenger speaks words of death to the soldiers.

oiJ ajdelfoi; tw:n maqhtw:n ajkouvsousi tou;V lovgouV tou: qeou:. The brothers of the disciples

will hear the words of God.

gravyei oJ ajpovstoloV parabolh;n toi:V o[cloiV.

The apostle will write a parable for the crowds.

ajgavphn kai; sofivan kai; cara;n e[cousin oiJ uiJoi; tw:n ajpostovlwn. The sons of the apostles have

love and wisdom and joy.

ginwvskousin oiJ maqhtai; th;n didach;n tou: ajpostovlou. The disciples know the

teaching of the apostle.

gravfei tou;V lovgouV grafh:V oJ profhvthV tou: qeou:.

The prophet of God writes the words of Scripture.

hJ oJdo;V tou:kurivou ejsti;n hJ oJdo;V cara:V kai; parrahsivaV.

The way of the Lord is the way of life and truth.

oiJ uJpokritai; ouj ginwvskousi th;n oJdo;n zwh:V kai; ajlhqeivaV. The hypocrites do not know

the way of life and truth.

dw:ra ajpo; tw:n sunagwgw:n lambavnei oJ ajpovstoloV tou: Messivou. The apostle of the Messiah

receives gifts from the synagogues.

ginwvskei th;n kardivan ajnqrwvpou oJ qeovV.

God knows the heart of man.

eijmi; hJ oJdo;V kai; hJ ajlhvqeia kai; hJ zwhv.

I am the way and the truth and the life.

tou:V maqhta;V tou: kurivon kai; tou;V profhvtaV tou: qeou: kai; tou;V uiJou;V tw:n ajpostoclwn a[xomen ejk tw:n oijkw:n aJmqrtivaV.

We will lead the disciples of the Lord and the prophets of God and the sons of the apostles out of the houses of sin.

oiJ a[ggeloi ginwvskousi to; eujaggevllion ajlhqeivaV, ajlla; telwvnai ouj ginwvskousi th;n oJdo;n eijV th;n basileivan dikaiosuvnhV.

The messengers know the gospel of truth, but tax collectors do not know the way into the kingdom of righteousness.

lambavnousi stratiwvtai ta; dw:ra ajpo; tw:n uiJw:n tw:n ajpostovlwn.

Soldiers take the gifts from the sons of the apostles.

eijmi; neanivaV ajll j ei\ a[nqrwpoV tou: qeou:.

I am a young man, but you are a man of God.

th;n hJmevran kai; th;n w{ran swthrivaV ouj ginwvskomen.

We do not know the day and the hour of salvation.