Quick Definition
ἐξώτερος, α, ον Adj outmost, outer
Strong's Definition
comparative of 1854; exterior
KJV Usage: outer
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -α, -ον
1.23 · Geographical Objects and Features · Regions Below the Surface of the Earth
Collocation: τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον
outer darkness, darkness outside (an idiom, literally: the outer darkness) a place or region which is both dark and removed (presumably from the abode of the righteous) and serving as the abode of evil spirits and devils In a number of languages this expression in MAT 8:12 must be rendered as ‘they will be thrown outside where it is dark.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξώτερος, -€pa, -epor, (a comparative fr. ἔξω, cf. ἐσώτερος, ἀνώτερος, κατώτερος), OUuler: τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον, the darkness outside the limits of the lighted palace (to which the Messiah’s kingdom is here likened), Mt. viii. 12; xxii. 13; xxv. 30. [(Sept.; Strabo, al.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξώτερος exōteros 3x
comparative in form but used as a superlative, outer, exterior, external, Mt. 8:12; 22:13; 25:30*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐξώτερος, -α, -ον
(compar., from ἔξω; opp. to ἐσώτερος) [in LXX chiefly for חִיצוֹן ;]
outer: σκότος, Mt 8:12 22:13 25:30.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐξώτερος. An adj. ἐξωτικός, which survives in MGr, is found in the vi/aA.p. PSI IV. 284? τῶν ὑπό oe ἐξω[τ]ικῶν ἀρουρ(ῶν). Cf. also MGr ξωτικό, ‘‘ ghost.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐξώτερος (exōteros) — outer. ἐξω-τέρω, adverb, comparative of ἔξω, more outside, δρόμου ἐ. [LXX+4th c.BC+]:—hence later, adjective ἐξώτερος, outer, [LXX+NT+4th c.AD+]
