Instruments and agents

Question 1

English example of instrumental ‘with’

Answer 1

I ate with a fork

Question 2

How to express Greek instrumental ‘with’?

Answer 2

Put the instrument in the dative case,
e.g. ὁ Ἰησους διδασκει [ἐν] ταις παραβολαις.
Jesus teaches with the parables OR using the parables. (The ἐν is optional.)

Question 3

If the instrument is a person (agent) what do you do?

Answer 3

use ὑπο + genitive (by the hands of/by/with)
e.g. ὑπο του Θεου (by God)

Question 4

How to express ‘along with’ in Greek? e.g. Jesus went with his disciples

Answer 4

μετα + genitive (or sometimes συν + dative)