Prepositions
Prepositions
A word placed typically before a noun or pronoun used in place of a noun and indicates the relationships of that noun or pronoun to a verb, an adjective, or another noun or pronoun.
Prepositions Used with One Case
| Preposition | Case | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| ἀνἀ | Accusative | up, again |
| ἀπὀ | Ablative | from, away from |
| έκ | Ablative | from, out from (source), out from within |
| είς | Accusative | into, unto, with reference to, because of, against (hostility) |
| πρό | Ablative | before |
Prepositions Used with Two Case
| Preposition | Case | Translation | Case | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| άντί | Ablative | instead of- substitution | Genitive | Against (opposed to) |
| έν | Locative | in, with in, among (in the plural) | Instrumental | by (means of), with |
| μετά | Genitive | with (loosely associated with, accompanied by) | Accusative | after |
| περί | Genitive | about, generally concerning | Accusative | around (position); about (specifically concerning) |
| σὐν | Dative | together with (intimately) | Locative | with (close association) |
| ὑπέρ | Genitive | On behalf of, for the sake of, in place of (substitution) | Accusative | over, above, beyond |
| ὑπο | Ablative | by (direct agency) | Accusative | under |
Prepositions Used with Three Case
| Preposition | Case | Translation | Case | Translation | Case | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπί | Genitive | upon, on (Emphatic, contact), at, by | Locative | upon, on, at, over (position) | Accusative | upon, on the basis of, on the occasion of, against (oppression). Up to (without going over) |
| διά | Ablative | possibly – through (source) | Genitive | through (intermediate agency) | Accusative | on account of, because of |
| κατά | Ablative | down from | Genitive | down upon, against (contrary to) | Accusative | according to, with reference to, as measured by |
| παρά | Ablative | from (The side of) | Locative | by the side of | Accusative | beside, beyond, against, (contrary to) |
| πρός |