adverb
esō
Strong’sG2080
within, inside
stem esō-9 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἔσω, Ion. and old Att.. form of εἴσω
(< εἰς),
adv.,[in LXX for פְנִימָה etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2080 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saides'-o
inside (as preposition or adjective)
Fromfrom G1519;
King James(with-)in(-ner, -to, -ward).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἔσω, used by Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, and Trag. Poets accusative as a spondee or iambus is required; ἔσω (as ἐς for εἰς) prevailed in Ionic dialect and old Attic dialect Prose; but in other Prose and in Comedy texts εἴσω was the only form admitted, whereas ἔσωθεν with the comparative and superlative ἐσώτερος, ἐσώτατος, ἐσωτέρω, ἐσωτάτω, seem to have been the only forms in use:— adverb of εἰς, ἐς, to within, into: absolutely, μή πού τις ἐπαγγείιῃσι καὶ εἴσω lest some one may carry the news into the house, Refs 8th c.BC+; also εἴσω δ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἔαξε he brake it through to the inside, Refs 8th c.BC+; πέπληγμαι..ἔσωRefs 5th c.BC+; ἡγεῖσθαι εἴσω, φεύγειν εἴσω, Refs 5th c.BC+
b when a case follows, Refs 8th c.BC+ prefers the accusative, δῦναι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω Refs 8th c.BC+; more rarely with genitive, κατελθόντ᾽ Ἄϊδος εἴσω Refs 8th c.BC+; so in Prose and Trag., Κύκλωπος ἔσω βλεφάρων ὤσας Refs 5th c.BC+; it generally follows its case, but precedes in Refs 8th c.BC+
2 with Verbs of Rest, ={ἔνδον}, inside, within, εἴσω δόρπον ἐκόσμει Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἔσω μέτωπον the inner front, Refs 5th c.BC+
2.b with genitive, μένειν εἴσω δόμων Refs 4th c.BC+; γλῶσσαν εἴσω πυλῶν ῥέουσανRefs 5th c.BC+; εἴσω ξίφους within reach of sword, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἴσω τῶν ὅπλων within the heavy-armed troops, i.e. encircled by them, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἴσω τῶν ὀρέων within, i.e. on this side of, the mountains, Refs; ἔσω τούτων inside of these people, i.e. farther inland, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἴσω βέλους within bow-shot, Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὰ δένδρα τῆς ὁδοῦ ποιεῖν εἴσω, i.e. inside, i.e. by the side of, the road, Refs 4th c.BC+
II later of Time, within, εἴσω ἡμερῶν εἴκοσι Refs 5th c.BC+
III for comparative and superlative, see at {ἔσω}.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
esō9×
Matthew 26:58… tau aulau tou archierevou, kai eisercharantos esō kathote meta toiu hupēretoiu horara tem …… the high priest. And he went in and sat down with the guards …
Mark 14:54“inside”… Petros apo makrothen akolouthata auto heōs esō eis tan aulan tou archierevou kai …Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself …
John 20:26Kai meta hēmerain oktō palin ale esō tois mathētois autou kai Thōmos meta …… later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas …
Acts 5:23… stēarēntoin epi taiu thuraiu, anoigarantois de esō oudenon heuriskana.… opened them, we found no one inside.”
Romans 7:22… to nomo tou theou kata ton esō anthrōpon,For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
1 Corinthians 5:12… mi toin exō krinarō? ouchi toin esō vis krinavō,… Are you not to judge those inside?
2 Corinthians 4:16… exō nu anthrōpos diaftherotō, alla tos esō nu anakainotō hēmera kai hēmera.… self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by …
Ephesians 3:16… dia teu pneumeu autou eis ton esō anthrōpon,… power through His Spirit in your inner being,
Mark 15:16Tois de stratiōtois apagala auton esō tau aulau, hem atō praitōriem, kai …Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium …