Strong's Greek · G1622

G1622 ektós

ἐκτός

ek-tos'

outside/except

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ektós appears 8 times in Scripture, in Matthew, Acts, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and 1 Timothy. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

the exterior; figuratively (as a preposition) aside from, besides

In the King James Version

but, except(-ed), other than, out of, outside, unless, without

Derivation

from G1537 (ἐκ);

Appears 8 times in Scripture

1 Corinthians 14:5

“I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.”

1 Corinthians 15:2

“By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.”

Matthew 23:26

“Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.”

Acts 26:22

“But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:”

1 Corinthians 6:18

“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.”

1 Timothy 5:19

“Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

2 Corinthians 12:2

“I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.”

1 Corinthians 15:27

“For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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