esōthen · inside

What it means

esōthen (ἔσωθεν) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “inside”.

From within, on the inside.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The inner part, not seen from outside.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• inside ×8
• within ×3
• inwardly ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×2
• Luke×3
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 7:15

  “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

• Matthew 23:25

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

• Matthew 23:27

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of all uncleanness.

• Matthew 23:28

  So you also on the outside appear righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

• Mark 7:21

  For from within, out of the heart of people, come the evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

• Mark 7:23

  All these evil things come out from within and defile the person.”

• Luke 11:7

  and that one from inside answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’?

• Luke 11:39

  But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greed and wickedness.

• Luke 11:40

  Fools! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?

• 2 Corinthians 7:5

  For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way: outside fights, inside fears.

• Revelation 4:8

  And the four living creatures, each of them having six wings apiece, are full of eyes all around and within; and they have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God the Almighty, who was and who is and who is coming.”

• Revelation 5:1

  And I saw in the right hand of the one who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.