Quick Definition
within, inside
Strong's Definition
inside (as preposition or adjective)
Derivation: from G1519 (εἰς);
KJV Usage: (with-)in(-ner, -to, -ward)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔσω, adverb (from ἐς, for εἴσω (fr. Homer on) from εἰς; cf. Winers Grammar, 52; (Buttmann, 72 (63); Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 432));
1. to within, into: Mat_26:58; Mar_14:54; with the genitive Mar_15:16 (Winer's Grammar, § 54,6).
2. within: Joh_20:26; Act_5:23; ὁ ἔσω ἄνθρωπος, the internal, inner man, i. e. the soul, conscience (see ἄνθρωπος, 1 e.), 2Co_4:16 L T Tr WH; Rom_7:22; Eph_3:16; οἱ ἔσω, those who belong to the Christian brotherhood (opposed to οἱ ἔξω (which see in ἔξω, 1 a.)), 1Co_5:12.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔσω esō 9x
can function as an improper prep., in, wit hin, in the interior of, Mat_26:58 ; Joh_20:26 ;
ὁ , ἡ , τὸ ἔσω , inner, interior, internal; met. within the pale of community, 1Co_5:12 ;
ὁ ἐσω ἄνθρωπος , the inner man, the mind, soul, Rom_7:22
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔσω ,
Ion , and old Att. . form of εἴσω
( < εἰς ),
adv. ,
[in LXX for etc.;]
1. prop ., after verbs of motion ( to ) within, into: Mat_26:58 , Mar_14:54 ; c . gen ., Mar_15:16 .
2. As freq . in cl . ( = cl . ἔνδον ), after verbs of rest, within: Joh_20:26 , Act_5:23 ; οἱ ἔ . ( opp . to οἱ ἔξω ), 1Co_5:12 ; ὁ ἔ . ἄνθρωπος , Rom_7:22 , 2Co_4:16 , Eph_3:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔσω [page 256]
P Par 41 .17 (B.C. 160) ἐμοῦ δὲ καθημένου ἔσω ἐν τῷ παστοφορίῳ , BGU IV. 1127 .9 (B.C. 18) ἐ̣ν̣ τ̣ῷ ὲ̣σ̣ω̣ κύκλωι , Syll 574 .2 (ii/B.C.) τὸ τέμενος τῆς [Ἀρτέμιδος ἄσυλον ] πᾶν , ὅσον ἔσω π [εριβόλου , and the early Christian letter P Grenf II. 73 .9 (late iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 118) where the grave-diggers bring the banished Politike εἰς τὸ ἐγώ , evidently a mistake for εἰς τὸ ἔσω , into the interior. The form εἴσω is found in the grave-inscription, Archiv i. p. 220 No. 2 .6 (B.C. 145 116)
εὔνοια γάρ μιν
βαῖνε καὶ εἴσω γᾶς ἄχρι καὶ ὠκεανόν .
See also P Giss Inv. 137 .6 (= Archiv v. p. 137) εἴσω ἡμερῶν εἴκοσι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἔσω [Etym: older form of εἴσω, cf. ἐς, εἰς] comp., ἐσωτέρω τῆς Ἑλλάδος "to the interior" of Greece, Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔσω Ion, and old Att.. form of εἴσω
(εἰς),
adv., [in LXX for etc. ;]
__1. prop., after verbs of motion (to) within, into: Mat.26:58, Mrk.14:54; with genitive, Mrk.15:16.
__2. As frequently in cl. (= cl. ἔνδον), after verbs of rest, within: Jhn.20:26, Act.5:23; οἱ ἔ. (opposite to οἱ ἔξω), 1Co.5:12; ὁ ἔ. ἄνθρωπος, Rom.7:22, 2Co.4:16, Eph.3:16.†
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