ἐκ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐκ

   ek

   from
2. sentence🔊 καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἀπεκτάνθησαν ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ ἵππου τῇ ἐξελθούσῃ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ ὄρνεα ἐχορτάσθησαν ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτῶν

   KAI hoi loi-poi a-pek-TAN-thê-san en tê rom-PHAI-a tou ka-thê-ME-nou e-PI tou HIP-pou tê ek-sel-THOU-sê ek tou STO-ma-tos au-TOU KAI PAN-ta ta OR-ne-a e-khor-TAS-thê-san ek tôn sar-KÔN au-TÔN

   and the rest were killed in the sword of the of the one sitting on the horse the coming out from the mouth of him and all the birds were filled from the flesh of them

Exegesis

The dative participle tē exelthousē ek tou stomatos autou {τῇ ἐξελθούσῃ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ | tē exelthoúsē ek tou stómatos autoû} adjectivally describes the sword as coming from His mouth, symbolizing the power of His spoken word.

The second clause’s subject, panta ta ornea {πάντα τὰ ὄρνεα | pánta tá órnea} ‘all the birds’, with echortasthēsan {ἐχορτάσθησαν | ekhortásthēsan} and the prepositional phrase ek tōn sarkōn autōn {ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτῶν | ek tōn sarkṓn autṓn}, depicts the birds gorged on the flesh of the slain, emphasizing the completeness and humiliation of the defeat. The formal reconstruction retains the participial and prepositional structure to reflect the original syntax and theological emphasis.