Prepositions & Prepositions &

eivmieivmi

Preposition: A word that indicates Preposition: A word that indicates relationship between to wordsrelationship between to words

• Those who dwell on the earth

• The ball went over his head

• John came with his disciples

• John came before Jesus

PrepositionsPrepositions

• The meaning of a preposition depends upon the case of its object

• Prepositions are not inflected – they always look the same way

eivmieiv

evsti,(n)

evsme,nevste,

eivsi,n

11stst Person Person

33rdrd Person Person

22ndnd Person Person

Singular Plural

evste,

evsti,

eiv

eivsi,n

evsme,n

eivmi

Qeon evsti, o` kurioj

kai. ga.r evgw. a;nqrwpo,j eivmi u`po. evxousi,an

(Luke 7:8)

Ei=pen auvtoi/j o`

VIhsou/j( VAmh.n

avmh.n le,gw

u`mi/n( pri.n

VAbraa.m gene,sqai(

evgw. eivmiÅ

(He said)

(I say)

(Before) (Became)

(John 8:58)

ou-toi, eivsin ui`oi. qeou/(Romans 8:14 – Textus Receptus)

ou-toi ui`oi. qeou/ eivsin(Romans 8:14 – Older Manuscripts)

Pa,ntej ga.r ui`oi.

qeou/ evste dia.

th/j pi,stewj evn

Cristw/| VIhsou/\

All(Nominative)

(Galatians

3:26)

u`mei/j evste oi`

ui`oi. tw/n profhtw/n(Acts 3:25)

You all(Nom Plural)

Naqanah,l kai. le,gei

auvtw/|( ~Rabbi,( su.

ei= o` ui`o.j tou/

qeou/( su. ei= o`

basileu.j tou/

VIsrah,lÅ

“King”

He said

(John 1:49)

su. ei= o` cristo.j o`

ui`o.j tou/ qeou/

tou/ zw/ntojÅ“living”

(Matthew 16:16)

o` path,r mou evsti,n evn toi/j ouvranoi/j

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avlla,

But, yet, except

avpo,

From

dia,

Genative: Through

Accusative: On account of

eivmi,

I am

evk or evx

Out of

h`me,ra

Day

hvn

He/she/it was

qalassa

Sea

qanatoj

Death

i[na

In order that

`Iwa,nnhj

John

le,gw

I say

meta,

Genitive: With

Accusative: After

oivki,a

House

oi=koj

House

o;cloj

Multitude

para,

Gen: From

Dat: Beside, in the presence of

Accus: Alongside of

parabolh,

Parable

Pro,j

Toward, with

u`po,

Gen: by

Accus: Under

h=n

He was