Strong G1622ἐκτός
outside/except
- Transliteration
- ektos
- Pronunciation
- ek-tos'
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
From G1537; the exterior; figuratively (as a preposition) aside from besides: - but except (-ed) other than out of outside unless without.
Detailed definition
1. outside , opposite to ἐντός:
2. as preposition with genitive outside, out of, far from , with genitive, (Homer): outside of, free from , (Herdotus Historicus), attic; ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος beyond hope, Lat. praeter spem, (Sophocles Tragicus)
3. of Time, beyond , (Herdotus Historicus)
4. except , ἐκτὸς ὀλίγων (Xenophon Historicus)
5. absolute, τὰ ἐκτός external things , (Euripides)
6. with Verbs of motion, ῥίπτειν ἐκτός to throw out , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc. (ML)
2. as preposition with genitive outside, out of, far from , with genitive, (Homer): outside of, free from , (Herdotus Historicus), attic; ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος beyond hope, Lat. praeter spem, (Sophocles Tragicus)
3. of Time, beyond , (Herdotus Historicus)
4. except , ἐκτὸς ὀλίγων (Xenophon Historicus)
5. absolute, τὰ ἐκτός external things , (Euripides)
6. with Verbs of motion, ῥίπτειν ἐκτός to throw out , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc. (ML)
In the Bible
Strong G1622 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- of2
- except2
- but1
- outside1
- thing1
- unless1
- without1
First verses
- Matthew 23:26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
- Acts 26:22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
- 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
- 1 Corinthians 14:5I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
- 1 Corinthians 15:2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
- 1 Corinthians 15:27For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
- 2 Corinthians 12:2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
- 2 Corinthians 12:3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
- 1 Timothy 5:19Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκτός
(ἐχθός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).333 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC), “Michel” 995 C 35 (Delph.), etc.))], adverb, (ἐκ) without, outside, opposed to ἐντός:
1 as preposition with genitive, which may either precede or follow, ἐ. κλισίης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.13; τείχεος ἐ. 21.608)]; out of, far from, καπνοῦ καὶ κύματος ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.219; especially in proverbial phrases (see. ἔξω 1 near the end), ἐ. κλαυμάτων ἔχειν πόδα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1260)]; ἐ. ἔχειν πόδα (i.e. τῶν καλῶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.289)]; ἐ. τῶν ἐλαῶν beyond the olives, i. e. out of the course. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 995 (Lyric poetry))]; Geometry texts, beyond, τοῦ Α σημείου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1.8, +others)]; also ἐ. ἀτασθαλίης outside of, free from.., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 754, compare 744; ἐ. αἰτίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.133, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 332, etc.; ἐ. πημάτων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 504; ἄτας [prev. author] “Ant.” 614 (Lyric poetry); τῶν κακῶν [prev. author] “fragment” 724, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 523b)]; ἐ. στρατειῶν exempt from.., [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 498c)]; ἐ. ἑωυτῆς beside herself, out of her wits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.90, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 640 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐ. ἐλπίδος beyond hope, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 330; ἡ ἐ. καὶ παρ᾽ ἐλπίδας χαρά, i.e. ἡ ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδων καὶ παρ᾽ ἐλπίδας, [prev. work] 392)]; δοκημάτων ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 771 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 of Time, beyond, πέντε ἡμερέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80.)]
3 except, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae [same place], etc.; ἐ. ὀλίγων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.3)]; besides, apart from, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 474d, “PTeb.” 19.7 (2nd c.BC))], etc.: absolutely, besides, as well, [Refs (“GDI” 1742.12)]; also ἐ. εἰ μή unless, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.1Cor.15.2, 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.8.1, Vett. Val. 37.20, +others, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 6; ἐ. ἐὰν μή “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.216; ἐ. ὅτι.. 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.5.)]
4 without the consent of, τινός [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.356.)]
II absolutely, ἃ δ᾽ ἐ. external things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 231 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.4.8, etc.)]; οἱ ἐ. strangers, foreigners, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 629d, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.47.10, etc.)]; also, the vulgar, the common herd: the Gentiles, [Refs (LXX “Si.prol.” 4.)]
III with Verbs of motion, ῥίπτειν ἐ. to throw out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 269; ᾖξας [prev. author] “El.” 1402 (Lyric poetry); ἐκπέμπειν [prev. author] “Ant.” 18; ἕλκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616a)]; οὐκ ἐ. ε; ={ἔξιθι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 676)]; χώρει ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1117)]; εἰ δ᾽ ἐ. ἔλθοις if thou transgressest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1189.)]
(ἐχθός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).333 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC), “Michel” 995 C 35 (Delph.), etc.))], adverb, (ἐκ) without, outside, opposed to ἐντός:
1 as preposition with genitive, which may either precede or follow, ἐ. κλισίης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.13; τείχεος ἐ. 21.608)]; out of, far from, καπνοῦ καὶ κύματος ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.219; especially in proverbial phrases (see. ἔξω 1 near the end), ἐ. κλαυμάτων ἔχειν πόδα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1260)]; ἐ. ἔχειν πόδα (i.e. τῶν καλῶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.289)]; ἐ. τῶν ἐλαῶν beyond the olives, i. e. out of the course. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 995 (Lyric poetry))]; Geometry texts, beyond, τοῦ Α σημείου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1.8, +others)]; also ἐ. ἀτασθαλίης outside of, free from.., [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 754, compare 744; ἐ. αἰτίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.133, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 332, etc.; ἐ. πημάτων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 504; ἄτας [prev. author] “Ant.” 614 (Lyric poetry); τῶν κακῶν [prev. author] “fragment” 724, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 523b)]; ἐ. στρατειῶν exempt from.., [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 498c)]; ἐ. ἑωυτῆς beside herself, out of her wits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.90, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 640 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐ. ἐλπίδος beyond hope, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 330; ἡ ἐ. καὶ παρ᾽ ἐλπίδας χαρά, i.e. ἡ ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδων καὶ παρ᾽ ἐλπίδας, [prev. work] 392)]; δοκημάτων ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 771 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 of Time, beyond, πέντε ἡμερέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80.)]
3 except, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae [same place], etc.; ἐ. ὀλίγων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.3)]; besides, apart from, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 474d, “PTeb.” 19.7 (2nd c.BC))], etc.: absolutely, besides, as well, [Refs (“GDI” 1742.12)]; also ἐ. εἰ μή unless, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.1Cor.15.2, 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.8.1, Vett. Val. 37.20, +others, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 6; ἐ. ἐὰν μή “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.216; ἐ. ὅτι.. 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.5.)]
4 without the consent of, τινός [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.356.)]
II absolutely, ἃ δ᾽ ἐ. external things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 231 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.4.8, etc.)]; οἱ ἐ. strangers, foreigners, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 629d, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.47.10, etc.)]; also, the vulgar, the common herd: the Gentiles, [Refs (LXX “Si.prol.” 4.)]
III with Verbs of motion, ῥίπτειν ἐ. to throw out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 269; ᾖξας [prev. author] “El.” 1402 (Lyric poetry); ἐκπέμπειν [prev. author] “Ant.” 18; ἕλκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616a)]; οὐκ ἐ. ε; ={ἔξιθι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 676)]; χώρει ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1117)]; εἰ δ᾽ ἐ. ἔλθοις if thou transgressest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1189.)]