Koine Greek: Prepositions

Prepositions in Koine Greek
RELATED TOPICS	Koine Greek: Nouns List of Prepositions: απο, αντι, εκ, `οπισω, χωρις, εν
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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.

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
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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