Greek adverb · G2081
ἔσωθεν
esothenes'-o-then
from within; within
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ésōthen
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2081is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2081
from inside; also used as equivalent to (inside)
The King James renders it: inward(-ly), (from) within, without.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
esothen is rendered "from within; within". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "from within".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
The first use
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 7:15ἔσωθεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's twelve uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: from within, and within.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| from withinMrk.7:21, 23, Luk.11:7. | Tagged as
| WhereMark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder… |
| withinMat.7:15 23:25-28, 2Co.7:5, Rev.4:8 5:1; τὸ ἔ., Luk.11:40; id. with genitive, Luk.11:39.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔσωθεν12
The grammar of each form
- adverb12ADV
Matthew
four uses
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: inwardly
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: inwardly
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: Inside
In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: inwardly
Mark
two uses
Luke
three uses
And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: from within
“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: the inside
You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: inside
2 Corinthians
one use
For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: within
Revelation
two uses
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: within
Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
- ἔσωθενesothenadverbtagged: inside
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.