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Preposition · Grammar concept

Preposition: ἐν ‘in’

ἐν ‘in’ is a preposition topic in Koine (biblical) Greek. This page gathers its forms, paradigms, and function, drawn from the lessons of Reading Greek Deeply.

Preposition1 lesson3 paradigms

MorphologyPreposition – ἐν + dative

  • Like ἡ and ὁ, ἐν is a proclitic (see 1.2.3).
  • ἐν takes the dat case after it (not acc like πρός)

fromLesson 3.4

SemanticsPreposition – ἐν + dative

The preposition ἐν can be used in a variety of ways with different verbs, but its most basic function is to mark a location of something being ‘in’ something else:

fromLesson 3.4

Paradigms for this concept

-ος, -ου B.a.β.i-η (regular) B.a.α.i-ον, -ου (neut) B.a.β.ii

Taught in these lessons

Lesson 3.4 Preposition – ἐν ‘in’

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