ἔσωθεν esōthen

Greek word for “inwardly” · Strong’s G2081 · used 12 times in 12 verses

Explore it in the Word Atlas

Meaning

ἔσωθεν; (ἔσω); adv.; 1. from within:.; 2. within: 23:25-28, 5:1; τὸ ἔ.; id. with genitive.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for esōthen in context, with how often each is used:

• within 5
• inside 4
• inwardly 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 23 (3), Luke 11 (3), Mark 7 (2), Matthew 7 (1), 2 Corinthians 7 (1), Revelation 4 (1), Revelation 5 (1)

Forms

• ἔσωθεν 12

Words used with it

Words that share verses with esōthen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἔξωθεν exōthen “outside” 6
• γέμω gemō “be full” 4
• ἁρπαγή harpagē “plunder” 2
• Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios “Pharisee” 3
• ὑποκριτής hupokritēs “hypocrite” 2
• ποτήριον potērion “cup” 2
• καθαρίζω katharizō “to clean” 2
• φαίνω phainō “to shine/appear” 2
• ἐκπορεύω ekporeuō “to depart” 2
• οὐαί ouai “woe!” 2
• γραμματεύς grammateus “scribe” 2
• ὅστις hostis, hētis “who/which” 2

Key verses

The verses using esōthen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:15 — Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
• Matthew 23:25 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
• Matthew 23:27 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead…
• Matthew 23:28 — Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
• Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
• Mark 7:23 — All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
• Luke 11:7 — And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
• Luke 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
• Luke 11:40 — Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
• 2 Corinthians 7:5 — For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
• Revelation 4:8 — And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord…
• Revelation 5:1 — And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.