ἐκ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐκ

   ek

   from
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐβλασφήμησαν τὸν θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκ τῶν πόνων αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἑλκῶν αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ μετενόησαν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν

   KAI e-bla-SPHEE-mê-san ton the-ON tou ou-ra-NOU ek tôn PO-nōn au-TÔN KAI ek tôn hel-KÔN au-TÔN KAI ou me-te-NO-ê-san ek tôn ER-gōn au-TÔN

   and they blasphemed the God of the heaven from the pains of them and from the sores of them and not they repented from the deeds of them

Exegesis

Two prepositional phrases introduced by ek {ἐκ | ek} with the genitive, ek tōn ponōn autōn {ἐκ τῶν πόνων αὐτῶν | ek tôn pónōn autôn} and ek tōn helkōn autōn {ἐκ τῶν ἑλκῶν αὐτῶν | ek tôn helkôn autôn}, express the source or occasion of their blasphemy, which in English is more idiomatically conveyed with “because of.”

The final coordinated clause, kai ou metenoēsan {καὶ οὐ μετενόησαν | kaí ou metenóēsan}, presents a starkly negative aorist “and they did not repent,” followed by ek tōn ergōn autōn {ἐκ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν | ek tôn érgōn autôn}, which defines the sphere or source from which repentance was expected, rendered as “from their deeds.” The paratactic structure and aorist verbs depict decisive, completed acts of rebellion in the face of judgment, and this is mirrored in English through simple past verbs and a straightforward cumulative sentence structure.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 νεκρόςnu–epsilon–kappa–rho–omicron–sigma

“dead body”

• 🔊 νέκρωσιςnekrosisdecayColossians 2:8