Excepted Except

Excepted Except

1: ἐκτός (Strong'S #1622 — Adverb — ektos — ek-tos' )

an adverb, lit., "outside," is used with ei me, as an extended conjunction signifying "except;" so in  1 Corinthians 14:5; in  1 Corinthians 15:2 , Rv, for Av, "unless;" in  1 Timothy 5:19 , Rv, for Av, "but." It has the force of a preposition in the sense of (a) "outside of," in  1 Corinthians 6:18 , "without;" in  2 Corinthians 12:2 , "out of;" (b) "besides," except, in  Acts 26:22 , Rv, "but," for Av, "other than;" in  1 Corinthians 15:27 "excepted." For its use as a noun see   Matthew 26:26 , "(the) outside." See Other , Out Of , Outside , Unless , Without.

2: παρεκτός (Strong'S #3924 — Adverb — parektos — par-ek-tos' )

a strengthened form of No. 1 (para, beside), is used (a) as an adverb, signifying "without,"  2 Corinthians 11:28; lit., "the things without," i.e., the things happening without; (b) as a preposition signifying "except;" in  Matthew 5:32 , "saving;" in  Acts 26:29 , "except."

 Matthew 19:9

3: πλήν (Strong'S #4133 — Adverb — plen — plane )

an adverb, most frequently signifying "yet, howbeit," or "only," sometimes has the meaning "except (that)," "save (that),"  Acts 20:23;  Philippians 1:18 , Rv, "only that," for Av, "notwithstanding." It is also used as a preposition, signifying "except, save,"  Mark 12:32 , "but;"  John 8:10 , "but" (Av only);  Acts 8:1 , "except;"  Acts 15:28 , "than," 27:22, "but (only)."