What does ἐντός (entós) mean in the Bible?
ἐντός (entós): Interior spiritual location rather than external; often interior to hearts rather than among external surroundings.
Greek · G1787
ἐντός
Inside (adverb or noun)
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ἐντός G1787
Pronunciation entós
What does ἐντός (entós) mean in the Bible?
ἐντός (entós): Interior spiritual location rather than external; often interior to hearts rather than among external surroundings.
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How does the BSB render G1787?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include inside (1), midst (1).
Where does ἐντός (entós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It inside 1× Matthew 23:26
midst 1× Luke 17:21
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 23:26
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 1
Source forms
ἐντὸς 2x entos Matthew 23:26, Luke 17:21
Parsing patterns
Adverb 1x Matthew 23:26
Preposition 1x Luke 17:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Interior spiritual location rather than external; often interior to hearts rather than among external surroundings.
Strong's G1787
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
inside (adverb or noun)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:26 Adverb
ἐντὸς entov
within, inside, the inside
Read verse Luke 17:21 Adverb
ἐντὸς entov
within, inside, the inside
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 23:26 1×
Luke 17:21 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
Luke 17:20–37 ἐντὸς entós
Within, in the midst
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Word Origins
ἐντός is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain