Outside
ἔξωθενStrong’s G1855exōthen
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Exōthen is the Greek word usually translated “outside” and “outward”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”
Meaning
Usually translated “outside” and “outward”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- outside 12
- outward 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- Revelation 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 23:25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
- Matthew 23:27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
- Matthew 23:28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
- Mark 7:15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
- Mark 7:18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
- Luke 11:39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Greek dictionary
ἔξωθεν exōthen · outside
ἔξωθεν adv. (ἔξω opposite to ἔσωθεν), [in LXX for חוּץ ;] 1. prop. (in answer to the question, Whence ?), from without: Mrk.7:18 2. More often (= ἔξω; cf. Bl., § 25, 3), without: Mat.23:27-28 Mrk.7:18, 2Co.7:5; τὸ ἔ., Mat.23:25, Luk.11:39-40; οἱ ἔ., 1Ti.3:7, Mrk.4:11 (WH, mg.); ὁ ἔ. κόσμος, 1Pe.3:3; ἐκβάλλειν ἔ., Rev.11:2. As prep. with genitive: Mrk.7:15, Rev.11:1-19 4Ki.14:20 (cf. Robertson, Gr., 548).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “outside” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OUTSI'DE, noun
- The external part of a thing; the part, end or side which forms the surface or superficies.
- Superficial appearance; exterior; as the outside of a man or of manners.
- Person; external man.
- The part or place that lies without or beyond an inclosure.
All definitions
- The utmost.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.