ἔξωθεν
éxōthen · G1855 · Greek · 13 occurrences
Meanings
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from outside
Extension from a source which is outside
ExamplesMark 7:15 there is nothing outside the person which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which come out of the person are what defile the person.”
Mark 7:18 And He said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding as well? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the person from outside cannot defile him,
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outside, apart from
A position not contained within a particular area
Examples2 Corinthians 7:5 For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts on the outside, fears inside.
Revelation 11:2 “Leave out the courtyard which is outside the temple and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations; and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
Revelation 14:20 And the wine press was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
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on the outside, outside of
The outside surface of an object
ExamplesMatthew 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
Matthew 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
Matthew 23:28 “So you too, outwardly appear righteous to people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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outsider
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἔξωθεν ‘from outside,’) A person who is not a member of a particular in-group
Examples1 Timothy 3:7 And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- ποτήριονcup 2
- ναόςtemple, sanctuary 1
- παροψίςplate 1
- πίναξplate 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐλήcourtyard, palace 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- καθαρίζωto make clean, to cleanse, to clean 2
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μάχηsevere clash 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπόfrom 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἐκτός ektós · G1622 · outside, apart from, on the outside
- The target term and ἐκτός (“the exterior; figuratively, aside from, besides”) share the core literal sense of spatial exteriority, being outside or apart from something; ἐκτός additionally extends to exceptive grammatical constructions (“except for”), a functional scope difference beyond their shared spatial sense.
In the other Testament 1 word
- חוּץ chûwts · H2351 · outside
- ἔξωθεν (éxōthen, G1855) is the standard Greek rendering of חוּץ (chûwts, H2351) for spatial exteriority, both denoting the outside/external realm as opposed to interior space.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Outsider11.10
- This adverb, used substantivally, can denote those who are outside a group's boundaries, used of Paul's requirement that an overseer have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into disgrace — "he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil" (1 Timothy 3:7).
- Outside, apart from83.20
- It also denotes a position located outside something, used of Jesus' rebuke of the Pharisees for cleaning the outside of the cup and dish while remaining full of greed within — "you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence" (Matthew 23:25).
- On the outside, outside of83.21
- It similarly denotes an external surface or exterior appearance, used of Jesus' further rebuke of the scribes and Pharisees as whitewashed tombs which appear beautiful on the outside but are full of uncleanness within — "you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness" (Matthew 23:27).
- From outside84.15
- It also marks the direction of origin from outside a person or place, used of Jesus' teaching that nothing outside a person entering into him can defile him — "there is nothing outside the person which can defile him if it goes into him" (Mark 7:15).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon adverb (from ἔξω, opposed to ἔσωθεν from ἔσω; cf. ἄνωθεν, πόρρωθεν), from without,…
1. adverbially: (outwardly), Mt 23:27; Mk 7:18; 2 Cor 7:5; τό ἔξωθεν, the outside, the exterior, Mt 23:25; Lk 11:39f; ἐκβάλλειν ἔξωθεν (for R G ἔξω), Rev 11:2b L T Tr WH; οἱ ἔξωθεν for οἱ ἔξω, those who do not belong to the Christian church, 1 Tim 3:7; (cf. Mk 4:11 WH marginal reading and under the word ἔξω, 1 a.); ὁ ἔξωθεν κόσμος the outward adorning, 1 Pet 3:3.
2. as a preposition with the genitive (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6): Mk 7:15; Rev 11:2a (Rbez elz G L T Tr WH; where Rec. ἔξω).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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