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Outward [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. External; exterior; forming the superficial part; as the outward coat of an onion; an outward garment.

2. External; visible; opposed to inward; as outward hate.

3. Extrinsic; adventitious.

4. And outward honor for an inward toil.

5. Foreign; not intestine; as an outward war. [Not now used. We now say, external or foreign war.]

6. Tending to the exterior part.

7. The fire will force its outward way.

8. In Scripture, civil; public; as opposed to religious. 1 Chronicles 24:1 .

9. In theology, carnal; fleshly; corporeal; not spiritual; as the outward man.

Outward [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

External form.

Outward [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.

2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.

3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.

4. Tending to the exterior or outside.

Outward [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Outwards

Outward [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

External form; exterior.

Outward-bound [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Proceeding from a port or country.

Outwardly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Externally; opposed to inwardly; as outwardly content, but inwardly uneasy.

2. In appearance; not sincerely. Many may inwardly reverence the goodness which they outwardly seem to despise.

Outwards [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To the outer parts; tending or directed towards the exterior.

2. The light falling on them [black bodies] is not reflected outwards

3. From a port or country; as a ship bound outwards

Outwards [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.

2. See Outward, adv.

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17 KJV and 6 BSB verses contain “outward”

Numbers 35:4

And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

1 Chronicles 26:29

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

From the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.

Nehemiah 11:16

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;

Esther 6:4

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

Ezekiel 40:17

Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,

Ezekiel 40:20

And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.

Ezekiel 40:34

And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.

Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

Ezekiel 44:1

Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.

Matthew 23:27

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

Matthew 23:28

Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

Romans 2:28

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

2 Corinthians 4:16

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 10:7

Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.

You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

Galatians 6:12

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.

1 Peter 3:3

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

2 Esdras 4:11

How should thy vessel then be able to comprehend the way of the Highest, and, the world being now outwardly corrupted to understand the corruption that is evident in my sight?

Sirach 11:2

Commend not a man for his beauty; neither abhor a man for his outward appearance.