- ἔξωθεν
- ἔξωθεν adv. of place (s. prec. entry; Aeschyl., Hdt.+).① pert. to derivation from a source that is outside, from outsideⓐ used as adv. (Hierocles 7 p. 430 ἡ ἔ. βία=force from the outside; Judg 12:9; Jdth 13:1; Ath., R. 53, 8 τῆς ἔ. ἀνάγκης) τὸ ἔ. εἰσπορευόμενον what goes into (a person) fr. the outside Mk 7:18.ⓑ funct. as prep. w. gen. (Trag., X. et al.) from outside ἔ. τ. ἀνθρώπου εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς αὐτόν Mk 7:15.② pert. to a position that is beyond a particular area, outsideⓐ (Dio Chrys. 17 [34], 21; 67 [17], 1; PFlor 50, 99; Ex 26:35 al.; Jos., Bell. 5, 201, Vi. 118 ἔ. τῆς κώμης; TestZeb 3:6) ἔ. τῆς πόλεως (Aeneas Tact. 951; TestJob 24:1) Rv 14:20. ἡ αὐλὴ ἡ ἔ. τοῦ ναοῦ the court outside the temple 11:2a. οὐθὲν ἔ. ἐστιν τῆς ἀληθείας nothing is apart fr. the truth Hv 3, 4, 3.ⓑ as contrast to ἔσωθεν (Aeneas Tact. 1331; Diocles 141 p. 178, 13; Gen 6:14; Ex 25:11 al.; PGM 5, 307; Just., A I, 16, 13 and D. 35, 3 [cp. Mt 7:15]; Tat. 22, 1; Ath. 25, 3) Mt 23:27f; 2 Cor 7:5; Rv 5:1 v.l. (Plut., Dio 972 [31, 2] μία [sc. ἐπιστολή] δʼ ἦν ἐπιγεγραμμένη); IRo 3:2; Agr 25b.③ pert. to a position located on a surface, having to do w. the outside, the external, as substitute for an adj. (Demosth. 18, 9 οἱ ἔ. λόγοι; 4 Macc 6:34; 18:2; Jos., Ant. 14, 477) ὁ ἔ. κόσμος external adornment 1 Pt 3:3; ἡ ἔ. ἐπιφάνεια the outer surface of the eyes of Judas, which were obscured by his swollen features Papias (3:2).—As subst. w. art. τὸ ἔξωθεν the outside (SIG 813a, 6; Ezk 41:17) Mt 23:25; Lk 11:39f.④ pert. to a position outside an area or limits as result of an action, outward, out ἔκβαλε ἔ. throw out=leave out (ἐκβάλλω 4) Rv 11:2b.⑤ pert. to noninclusion in a group, on the outside, as subst. w. art. οἱ ἔ. those on the outside i.e. non-Christians 1 Ti 3:7; Mk 4:11 v.l. (cp. Hdt. 9, 5; Diod S 19, 70, 3; Himerius, Or. [Ecl.] 5, 18; Celsus 3, 14; Jos., Bell. 4, 179, Ant. 15, 316).—M-M.
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