ἐκ or ἐξ/ ek or ex

This word connects two groups of words together and describes how they relate to one another. It is a preposition.

This word can mean from, away from, or out of.
This word can mean because. This word is used to talk about the cause or reason for something happening.

Advice to translators: This word is spelled ἐκ. However, When it used before a word beginning with a vowel it is spelled ἐξ.