1622. ektos
Berean Strong's Lexicon
ektos: outside, without, except

Original Word: ἐκτός
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: ektos
Pronunciation: ek-tos'
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-tos')
Definition: outside, without, except
Meaning: (a) adv: (1) without, outside, beyond, (2) except, (3) subst: the outside, (b) prep: outside, apart from.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word "ek" (G1537), meaning "out of" or "from."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is חוּץ (chuts - H2351), meaning "outside" or "without."

Usage: The Greek preposition "ektos" primarily means "outside" or "without." It is used to denote something that is external or apart from a particular group or place. In the New Testament, it often conveys the idea of exclusion or separation from a specific context or group.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of being "outside" or "without" often carried significant social and religious implications. Being outside a city or community could imply exclusion from its protections and benefits. In Jewish culture, being outside the camp or community could signify ritual impurity or separation from the covenant community. The use of "ektos" in the New Testament reflects these cultural understandings, often highlighting the distinction between those who are part of the faith community and those who are not.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ek
Definition
the exterior, fig. (as a preposition) aside from, besides
NASB Translation
except* (1), excepted (1), outside (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1622: ἐκτός

ἐκτός, adverb (opposed to ἐντός, which see), outside, beyond;

a. s τό ἐκτός, the outside, exterior, with possessive the genitive, Matthew 23:26 (cf. τό ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου, 25). On the pleonastic phrase ἐκτός εἰ μή, see εἰ, III. 8 d. b. It has the force of a preposition (cf. Winers Grammar, § 54, 6), and is followed by the genitive (so even in Homer); αα. outside of: ἐκτός τοῦ σώματος out of the body, i. e. freed from it, 2 Corinthians 12:2f. (in 2 Corinthians 12:3 L T Tr WH read χωρίς for ἐκτός); εἶναι ἐκτός τοῦ σώματος (A. V. without the body, i. e.), does not pertain to the body, 1 Corinthians 6:18. β. beyond, besides, except: Acts 26:22 (where the construction is οὐδέν λέγων ἐκτός τούτων, ἅτε οἱ ... ἐλάλησαν etc. (cf. Buttmann, 287 (246); Winer's Grammar, 158f (149f)); 1 Corinthians 15:27. (the Sept. for לְבַד followed by מִן, Judges 8:26; מִלְּבַד, 1 Kings 10:13; 2 Chronicles 9:12; 2 Chronicles 17:19.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
but, except, other than, besides

From ek; the exterior; figuratively (as a preposition) aside from, besides -- but, except(-ed), other than, out of, outside, unless, without.

see GREEK ek

Forms and Transliterations
έκτη έκτην έκτης έκτον εκτος έκτος ἐκτὸς έκτου έκτω ektos ektòs
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 23:26 Adv
GRK: καὶ τὸ ἐκτὸς αὐτοῦ καθαρόν
NAS: so that the outside of it may become
KJV: that the outside of them
INT: also the outside of them clean

Acts 26:22 Adv
GRK: μεγάλῳ οὐδὲν ἐκτὸς λέγων ὧν
KJV: none other things than those which
INT: to great nothing else saying than what

1 Corinthians 6:18 Adv
GRK: ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματός
NAS: commits is outside the body,
KJV: doeth is without the body; but
INT: might practice a man outside the body

1 Corinthians 14:5 Adv
GRK: λαλῶν γλώσσαις ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ
KJV: with tongues, except he interpret,
INT: speaks with tongues except if not

1 Corinthians 15:2 Adv
GRK: εἰ κατέχετε ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ
KJV: unto you, unless ye have believed
INT: if you hold fast unless if not

1 Corinthians 15:27 Adv
GRK: δῆλον ὅτι ἐκτὸς τοῦ ὑποτάξαντος
NAS: it is evident that He is excepted who put
KJV: that he is excepted, which did put
INT: [it is] manifest that [it is] except the [one] having put in subjection

2 Corinthians 12:2 Adv
GRK: οἶδα εἴτε ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματος
KJV: or whether out of the body,
INT: I know or out of the body

1 Timothy 5:19 Adv
GRK: μὴ παραδέχου ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ
NAS: an elder except on the basis
INT: not quickly receive except if not

Strong's Greek 1622
8 Occurrences


ἐκτὸς — 8 Occ.

















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