Strong G2080ἔσω
in/inner/inwardly
- Transliteration
- esō
- Pronunciation
- es'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
From G1519; inside (as preposition or adjective): - (with-) in (-ner -to -ward).
Detailed definition
ἔσω Ion, and old Att.. form of εἴσω
(εἰς),
adv., [in LXX for etc.;]
1. prop., after verbs of motion (to) within, into: Mat.26:58, Mrk.14:54; with genitive, Mrk.15:16.
2. As frequently in cl. (= cl. ἔνδον), after verbs of rest, within: Jhn.20:26, Act.5:23; οἱ ἔ. (opposite to οἱ ἔξω), 1Co.5:12; ὁ ἔ. ἄνθρωπος, Rom.7:22, 2Co.4:16, Eph.3:16.†
(AS)
(εἰς),
adv., [in LXX for etc.;]
1. prop., after verbs of motion (to) within, into: Mat.26:58, Mrk.14:54; with genitive, Mrk.15:16.
2. As frequently in cl. (= cl. ἔνδον), after verbs of rest, within: Jhn.20:26, Act.5:23; οἱ ἔ. (opposite to οἱ ἔξω), 1Co.5:12; ὁ ἔ. ἄνθρωπος, Rom.7:22, 2Co.4:16, Eph.3:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2080 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- within3
- in1
- inner1
- into1
- inward1
First verses
- Matthew 26:58But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
- Mark 14:54And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
- Mark 15:16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band.
- John 20:26And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
- Acts 5:23Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
- Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- 1 Corinthians 5:12For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
- Ephesians 3:16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
εἴσω,
ἔσω, used by Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, and Trag. Poets accusative as a spondee or iambus is required; ἔσω (as ἐς for εἰς) prevailed in Ionic dialect and old Attic dialect Prose; but in other Prose and in Comedy texts εἴσω was the only form admitted, whereas ἔσωθεν with the comparative and superlative ἐσώτερος, ἐσώτατος, ἐσωτέρω, ἐσωτάτω, seem to have been the only forms in use:— adverb of εἰς, ἐς, to within, into: absolutely, μή πού τις ἐπαγγείιῃσι καὶ εἴσω lest some one may carry the news into the house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.775, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1. III, +others; so εἴπατε δ᾽ εἴσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.427)]; also εἴσω δ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἔαξε he brake it through to the inside, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.270; so ὀστέα δ᾽ εἴσω ἔθλασεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.96; εἴσω ἐπιγράψαι τέρενα χρόα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.553; ἐσσύμενοι εἴσω 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.135; εἴσω κομίζου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1035)]; πέπληγμαι..ἔσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1343; εἴσω.. δεῦρ᾽ εἴσιθ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 231)]; ἡγεῖσθαι εἴσω, φεύγειν εἴσω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.21, 7.5.26; παρακαλέσαι εἴσω [prev. author] “An.” 1.6.5.)]
b when a case follows, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] prefers the accusative, δῦναι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.322; πέρησε δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὀστέον εἴσω αἰχμή 6.10, etc.; ἡγήσατο.. Ἴλιον εἴσω 1.71, etc.)]; more rarely with genitive, κατελθόντ᾽ Ἄϊδος εἴσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (6.284, compare 22.425; ἐβήσετο δώματος εἴσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.135, compare 8.290)]; so in Prose and Trag., Κύκλωπος ἔσω βλεφάρων ὤσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 485)]; it generally follows its case, but precedes in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.125, 24.155, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.290.)]
2 with Verbs of Rest, ={ἔνδον}, inside, within, εἴσω δόρπον ἐκόσμει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (7.13; ἄντρον ἔσω ναίουσα “hymnus ad Mercurium” 6; ἔσω καθῆσθαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 919; θακεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 105; οὔτε πύργος οὔτε ναῦς ἔρημος ἀνδρῶν μὴ ξυνοικούντων ἔσω [prev. author] “OT” 57)]; τὸ ἔσω μέτωπον the inner front, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.21; τὰ εἴσω νενοσηκότα σώματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407d; εἴσω τὴν χεῖρα ἔχειν ἀναβεβλημένον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.251.)]
2.b with genitive, μένειν εἴσω δόμων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 232)]; γλῶσσαν εἴσω πυλῶν ῥέουσαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 557; εἴσω στέγης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 202)]; εἴσω ξίφους within reach of sword, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1531)]; εἴσω τῶν ὅπλων within the heavy-armed troops, i.e. encircled by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.7, 3.4.26)]; εἴσω τῶν ὀρέων within, i.e. on this side of, the mountains, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.2.21)]; ἔσω τούτων inside of these people, i.e. farther inland, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100)]; εἴσω βέλους within bow-shot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.8)]; τὰ δένδρα τῆς ὁδοῦ ποιεῖν εἴσω, i.e. inside, i.e. by the side of, the road, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.22; εἴσω τῆς εἰρωνείας ἀφικνεῖσθαι [prev. author] “Prooem.” 14; πάντα εἴσω τῆς συμφορᾶς 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 61.18.)]
II later of Time, within, εἴσω ἡμερῶν εἴκοσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“PGiss.” 34.6 (3rd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ τῶν στάσεων” 8,argument 2 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.”)]
III for comparative and superlative, see at {ἔσω}.
ἔσω, used by Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, and Trag. Poets accusative as a spondee or iambus is required; ἔσω (as ἐς for εἰς) prevailed in Ionic dialect and old Attic dialect Prose; but in other Prose and in Comedy texts εἴσω was the only form admitted, whereas ἔσωθεν with the comparative and superlative ἐσώτερος, ἐσώτατος, ἐσωτέρω, ἐσωτάτω, seem to have been the only forms in use:— adverb of εἰς, ἐς, to within, into: absolutely, μή πού τις ἐπαγγείιῃσι καὶ εἴσω lest some one may carry the news into the house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.775, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1. III, +others; so εἴπατε δ᾽ εἴσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.427)]; also εἴσω δ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἔαξε he brake it through to the inside, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.270; so ὀστέα δ᾽ εἴσω ἔθλασεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.96; εἴσω ἐπιγράψαι τέρενα χρόα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.553; ἐσσύμενοι εἴσω 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.135; εἴσω κομίζου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1035)]; πέπληγμαι..ἔσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1343; εἴσω.. δεῦρ᾽ εἴσιθ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 231)]; ἡγεῖσθαι εἴσω, φεύγειν εἴσω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.21, 7.5.26; παρακαλέσαι εἴσω [prev. author] “An.” 1.6.5.)]
b when a case follows, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] prefers the accusative, δῦναι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.322; πέρησε δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὀστέον εἴσω αἰχμή 6.10, etc.; ἡγήσατο.. Ἴλιον εἴσω 1.71, etc.)]; more rarely with genitive, κατελθόντ᾽ Ἄϊδος εἴσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (6.284, compare 22.425; ἐβήσετο δώματος εἴσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.135, compare 8.290)]; so in Prose and Trag., Κύκλωπος ἔσω βλεφάρων ὤσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 485)]; it generally follows its case, but precedes in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.125, 24.155, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.290.)]
2 with Verbs of Rest, ={ἔνδον}, inside, within, εἴσω δόρπον ἐκόσμει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (7.13; ἄντρον ἔσω ναίουσα “hymnus ad Mercurium” 6; ἔσω καθῆσθαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 919; θακεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 105; οὔτε πύργος οὔτε ναῦς ἔρημος ἀνδρῶν μὴ ξυνοικούντων ἔσω [prev. author] “OT” 57)]; τὸ ἔσω μέτωπον the inner front, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.21; τὰ εἴσω νενοσηκότα σώματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407d; εἴσω τὴν χεῖρα ἔχειν ἀναβεβλημένον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.251.)]
2.b with genitive, μένειν εἴσω δόμων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 232)]; γλῶσσαν εἴσω πυλῶν ῥέουσαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 557; εἴσω στέγης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 202)]; εἴσω ξίφους within reach of sword, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1531)]; εἴσω τῶν ὅπλων within the heavy-armed troops, i.e. encircled by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.7, 3.4.26)]; εἴσω τῶν ὀρέων within, i.e. on this side of, the mountains, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.2.21)]; ἔσω τούτων inside of these people, i.e. farther inland, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.100)]; εἴσω βέλους within bow-shot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.8)]; τὰ δένδρα τῆς ὁδοῦ ποιεῖν εἴσω, i.e. inside, i.e. by the side of, the road, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.22; εἴσω τῆς εἰρωνείας ἀφικνεῖσθαι [prev. author] “Prooem.” 14; πάντα εἴσω τῆς συμφορᾶς 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 61.18.)]
II later of Time, within, εἴσω ἡμερῶν εἴκοσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“PGiss.” 34.6 (3rd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ τῶν στάσεων” 8,argument 2 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.”)]
III for comparative and superlative, see at {ἔσω}.