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Strong's G2081 ἔσωθεν (esothen)

Esothen means “without” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2081 — zebina in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2081
Language Greek
Linked Usages 37
Books 15

Strong's G2081 Quick Answer

Strong's G2081 ἔσωθεν (esothen) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. esothen (es'-o-then) adv. 1. from inside {also used as equivalent to G2080 (inside)} It has 37 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include within, also, and inward. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
esothen (es'-o-then) adv. 1. from inside {also used as equivalent to G2080 (inside)}
Usage
37 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
within, also, and inward

Meaning and Definition

esothen (es'-o-then) adv. 1. from inside {also used as equivalent to G2080 (inside)} [from G2080] KJV: inward(-ly), (from) within, without Root(s): G2080

Original Word
ἔσωθεν
Transliteration
esothen
Derivation
Root: ἔσω R1: 2080
Morphology
adverb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2081. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

inwardly

Usage: ἔσωθεν (ἔσω), adv., [in LXX for בַּיִת, פָּנִים and cognate forms ;] __1. from within: Mrk.7:21, 23, Luk.11:7. __2. within: Mat.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)

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How Strong's G2081 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render esothen, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

within Matthew 23:25 also Matthew 23:28 inward Luke 11:39

How Strong's G2081 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2081 (ἔσωθεν) appears 24 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2081 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2081 in the New Testament

13 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 7:15 KJV

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Matthew 23:25 KJV

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 KJV

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 men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Strong's G2081 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 6:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Exodus 25:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.

Exodus 36:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.

Strong's G2081 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Daniel 1:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, Shadrach; and to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

Usage Excerpts

First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2081.

Genesis 6:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Exodus 25:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt gild it with pure gold, thou shalt gild it within and without; and thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.
Exodus 36:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.
Exodus 38:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and overlaid it with pure gold within and without;
Leviticus 14:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall scrape the house within round about, and shall pour out the dust scraped off outside the city into an unclean place.
3 Kingdoms 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
3 Kingdoms 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in order to put there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
3 Kingdoms 7:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All these were of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the top, and outward to the great court,
4 Kingdoms 6:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he passed by on the wall, and the people saw sackcloth within upon his flesh.
4 Kingdoms 11:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were over the host, and said to them, Bring her forth without the ranges, and he that goes in after her shall certainly die by the sword. For the priest said, Let her not however be slain in the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within with pure gold.
Psalms 44:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All her glory is that of the daughter of the king of Heshbon, Robed as she is in golden fringed garments,
Ezekiel 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There shall be war with the sword without, and famine and pestilence within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and famine and pestilence shall destroy them that are in the city.
Ezekiel 40:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the porch of the gateway (near the porch of the gate) eight cubits; and the posts thereof two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward:
Ezekiel 40:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the open space of the gate without to the open space of the porch of the gate within was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 40:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were secret windows to the chambers, and to the porches within the gate of the court round about, and in the same manner windows to the porches round about within: and on the porch there were palm trees on this side and on that side.
Ezekiel 40:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the breadth of the court, from the open space of the outer gate inward to the open space of the gate looking outward: a hundred cubits was the distance to the place of the gate looking eastward: and he brought me to the north;
Ezekiel 40:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And its windows, and its porches, and its palm trees, were according to the dimensions of the gate looking eastward; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the porches were within.
Ezekiel 40:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it had seven steps, and porches within: and it had palm trees on the posts, one on one side, and one on the other side.
Ezekiel 40:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall have within a border of hewn stone round about of a span broad, and over the tables above screens for covering them from the wet and from the heat.
Ezekiel 41:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And almost all the way to the inner, and close to the outer side, and upon all the wall round about within and without,
Ezekiel 42:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the measurement of the house within was accomplished: and he brought me forth by the way of the gate that looks eastward, and measured the plan of the house round about in order.
Matthew 7:15 New Testament, KJV
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matthew 23:25 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
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 men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Matthew 23:28 New Testament, KJV
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Mark 7:21 New Testament, KJV
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Mark 7:23 New Testament, KJV
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Luke 11:7 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
2 Corinthians 4:16 New Testament, KJV
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 7:5 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
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 God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Revelation 5:1 New Testament, KJV
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.
Daniel 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, Shadrach; and to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
Book 152 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2081, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 4 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2081 FAQ

What does esothen (ἔσωθεν) mean?

Esothen (Strong's G2081) is a Greek word most simply glossed "without". esothen (es'-o-then) adv. 1. from inside {also used as equivalent to G2080 (inside)}

How many times is esothen (ἔσωθεν) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's G2081 across 15 books.

Where can I study esothen (ἔσωθεν) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2081 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate esothen (ἔσωθεν)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as within, also, and inward. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2081 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2081, with linked reader references where each row is available.