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A preposition in a word that indicates a relationship between two nouns in a sentence. For example, words such as "on", "in", "at" and "with" are prepositions in English.
Prepositions in Koine Greek | |
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In Koine Greek the meaning of a preposition is defined by the case of the noun that it relates to. For example, kata can mean "according to" or "against".
List of Greek Prepositions
The following table lists the various prepositions in Koine Greek.
Preposition | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Notes |
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Spatial Sense | Movement away from something or a position away from something else. | No movement, but in a fixed position | Movement towards something or a position reached as a result of that movement | |
Time Sense | Event occurred within a specified time. | Event occurred at a specified time or while an action was being performed | Event may show the amount of time | |
One Case Prepositions | ||||
απο | away from | |||
αντι | in the place of, instead of | |||
εκ | from, out of, as a result of | Proclitic (No Accent) | ||
οπισω | behind, after | |||
χωρις | without, apart from | |||
εν | in, with, among | Proclitic (No Accent) | ||
συν | with, together with | |||
ανα | up | |||
εις | into, in, to | |||
προς | to, towards | |||
υτερ | above | |||
Two Case Prepositions | ||||
Genitive | Accusative | Notes | ||
δια | through, by means of, during, after | on account of, because of | ||
κατα | down (from), against, throughout | down (to), according to, about, during | ||
μετα | with | after | ||
περι | for, concerning | around | ||
υπο | by (action by someone) | under | ||
Three Case Preposition | ||||
Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Notes | |
επι | on, on the basis of, over, before, in the time of | on, at, in, on top of, against | upon, on, to, for | |
παρα | from beside, from, in the presence of | beside, near, in sight of | beside, along, at the side of | Some list as two-case prep |
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