Quick Definition
without, outside, except, the outside, apart from
Strong's Definition
the exterior; figuratively (as a preposition) aside from, besides
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ);
KJV Usage: but, except(-ed), other than, out of, outside, unless, without
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκτός, adverb (opposed to ἐντός, which see), outside, beyond;
a. s τό ἐκτός, the outside, exterior, with possessive the genitive, Mat_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, 2Co_12:2 f. (in 2Co_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, 1Co_6:18. β. beyond, besides, except: Act_26:22 (where the construction is οὐδέν λέγων ἐκτός τούτων, ἅτε οἱ ... ἐλάλησαν etc. (cf. Buttmann, 287 (246); Winer's Grammar, 158f (149f)); 1Co_15:27. (the Sept. for μΐαΗγ followed by ξΔο, Jdg_8:26; ξΔμΐΜαΗγ, 1Ki_10:13; 2Ch_9:12; 2Ch_17:19.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκτός ektos 8x
also functions as an improper prep. (4x), without, on the outside; τὸ ἐκτός , the exterior, outside, Mat_23:26 ; met. besides, Act_26:22 ; 1Co_15:27 ; ἐκτὸς εἰ μή , unless, except, 1Co_14:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἕκτος , -η , -ον ,
the sixth: Mat_20:5 , al.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἕκτος [page 199]
For a ἕκτη παραδείσων , or a tax of 1/6 levied upon gardens, see the editors note to P Tebt II. 343 .69 (ii/A.D.), and cf. the introduction to P Oxy VI. 917 (ii/iii A.D.). Also Preisigke 1924 .2 (A.D. 73 4) ἕκτου ἔτους Οὐεσπασιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐκτός [Etym: ἐκ] "outside", opp. to ἐντός: as prep. with gen. "outside, out of, far from", c. gen., Hom. : "outside of, free from", Hdt. , attic; ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος "beyond" hope, Lat. praeter spem, Soph. of Time, "beyond", Hdt. "except", ἐκτὸς ὀλίγων Xen. absol., τὰ ἐκτός "external things", Eur. with Verbs of motion, ῥίπτειν ἐκτός to throw "out", Soph. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
1. outside , opposite to ἐντός:
2. as preposition with genitive outside, out of, far from , with genitive, (Homer): outside of, free from , (Herdotus Historicus), attic; ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος beyond hope, Lat. praeter spem, (Sophocles Tragicus)
3. of Time, beyond , (Herdotus Historicus)
4. except , ἐκτὸς ὀλίγων (Xenophon Historicus)
5. absolute, τὰ ἐκτός external things , (Euripides)
6. with Verbs of motion, ῥίπτειν ἐκτός to throw out , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc. (ML)