- ἔσω
- ἔσω adv. of place (Hom. et al. in the form εἴσω, and predom. so in later times. In our lit., as in the LXX [Thackeray 82]; TestSol; JosAs 2:19; ApcMos 19, only ἔσω, likew. SIG 989, 2 [II B.C.]; UPZ 13, 17 [160 B.C.]; BGU 1127, 9 [18 B.C.].—Jos., Bell. 6, 265 εἴσω, but Ant. 15, 398 ἔσω)① a position within an area, inside. When used with verbs of motion, the preferred Eng. rendering is in, into εἰσελθὼν ἔ. he went in (Bel 19 Theod.) Mt 26:58; AcPl Ha 4, 3. ἕως ἔ. εἰς τὴν αὐλήν right into the courtyard Mk 14:54 (ἔσω εἰς τὴν αὐλήν as PBas I, 19 [c. 600 A.D.]; ἔσω εἰς τὸν παράδεισον ApcMos 19). W. gen. of place (already Hom.) ἔ. τῆς αὐλῆς into the palace 15:16 (JosAs 2:19 ‘within’).② When used without a verb of motion the customary rendering is inside, within as opp. to outside Ac 5:22 D, 23; ἦσαν ἔ. they were inside J 20:26. αἱ ἔ. φλέβες the inner veins MPol 2:2. ὁ ἔ. ἄνθρωπος the inner being Ro 7:22; Eph 3:16. Also ὁ ἔ. ἡμῶν ἄ. 2 Cor 4:16 (s. ἄνθρωπος 5a and ἔξω 1aβ).—οἱ ἔ. those within (the Christian community) (Aeneas Tact. 1312 of those in the city) 1 Cor 5:12; τὸ ἔ. the inside (Lucian, Nav. 38, Sacr. 13.—Opp. τὸ ἔξω; s. ἔξω 1aβ)=the soul 2 Cl 12:2, 4 (a saying of Jesus, and an explanation of it).—DELG s.v. εἰ. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.
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