ἐκτός, adverb, (opposed to
ἐντός, which see),
outside, beyond;
a. τὸ ἐκτός,
the outside, exterior, with possessive the genitive,
Matthew 23:26 (cf. τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου, 25). On the pleonastic phrase ἐκτὸς 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];
α. outside of: ἐκτὸς 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 ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώμ. [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 οὐδὲν λέγων ἐκτὸς τούτων, ἅτε οἱ... ἐλάλησαν etc. [cf. Buttmann, 287 (246); Winer's Grammar, 158f (149f)]; 1 Corinthians 15:27. (Sept. for לְבַד followed by מִן, Judges 8:26; מִלְּבַד, 1 Kings 10:13; 2 Chronicles 9:12; 2 Chronicles 17:19.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Judges
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8:26
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1 Kings
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10:13
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2 Chronicles
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9:12; 17:19
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Matthew
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23:26
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Acts
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26:22
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1 Corinthians
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6:18; 15:27
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2 Corinthians
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12:2; 12:3
