UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: outside, apart from

Semantic entry: 83.20

Semantic domains: Spacial Positions

Subdomains: Around, About, Outside

Definition: a position not contained within a particular area

Sense 2: on the outside, outside of

Semantic entry: 83.21

Semantic domains: Spacial Positions

Subdomains: Around, About, Outside

Definition: the outside surface of an object

Notes: The manner in which ἔξωθεν[c], ἐκτός[b], and ὄπισθεν[c] may be rendered in particular contexts depends very largely upon what is being spoken about. For example, ἔξωθεν in RV PE1 3:3 · LV PE1 3:3 · Read together PE1 3:3 refers to the outward aids employed in making oneself beautiful, but instead of speaking of such objects as being on the surface or on the outside, it may be necessary to speak of those things which one puts on the body or what one wears.

Sense 3: except, as an exception

Semantic entry: 89.138

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Contrast

Definition: a marker of a contrast involving an exception

Sense 4: from, free from, apart from, independent of

Semantic entry: 89.121

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Dissociation

Definition: a marker of dissociation in the sense of being independent from someone or something