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ἕτερος

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Definition

ἕτερος, -α, -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for אַחֵר ;]

distributive pron., prop. dual (BL, §13, 5; 51, 6), denoting the second of a pair, but in late Gk. encroaching on ἄλλος (M, Pr., 79f.);

1. of number, other; with art., the other;

(a) of two, Luke 5:7; 9:56, al.; opposite to ὁ πρῶτος, Matthew 21:30; ὁ εἷς, Matthew 6:24, Luke 7:41, Acts 23:6, al.; ἕ. μὲν . . . ἕ. δέ, the one . . . the other: 1 Corinthians 15:40; the next: Luke 6:6; 9:56 (sc. ἡμέρα, Xen.), Acts 20:15; 27:3; = ὁ πλησίον, one's neighbour: Romans 2:1; 13:8, 1 Corinthians 6:1, al.;

(b) of more than two, another: Matthew 8:21; 11:3, Luke 6:6; 22:65, John 19:37, Romans 8:39, al.; pl., Acts 2:13; οἱ μὲν . . . ἄλλοι δὲ . . . ἕ. δέ, Matthew 16:14; τινὲς . . . ἕ. δέ, Luke 11:16.

2. Of kind or quality, other, another, different (Plat., Dem., al.): Mrk.16:[12], Luke 9:29, Acts 2:4, 1 Corinthians 14:21, 2 Corinthians 11:4, Galatians 1:6, al. (cf. ἑτερό-γλωσσος, -διδασκαλέω, -ζυγέω).

Synonyms: ἄλλος, which see (see reff. ut supr., also Robertson, Gr., 748ff.).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἕτερος:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

97 total
  1. Acts 12:17ἕτερον · another
    Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
  2. Acts 13:35ἑτέρῳ · another [Psalm]
    So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
  3. Acts 15:35ἑτέρων · others
    But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.
  4. Acts 17:7ἕτερον · another
    …and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
  5. Acts 17:21ἕτερον · [more]
    Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
  6. Acts 17:34ἕτεροι · others
    But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
  7. Acts 20:15ἑτέρᾳ · [day] after that
    Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
  8. Acts 23:6ἕτερον · others
    Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
  9. Acts 27:1ἑτέρους · other
    When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
  10. Acts 27:3ἑτέρᾳ · next [day]
    The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
  11. Romans 2:1ἕτερον · other
    You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
  12. Romans 2:21ἕτερον · others
    …you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
  13. Romans 7:3ἑτέρῳ · to another; ἑτέρῳ · another
    So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
  14. Romans 7:4ἑτέρῳ · to another
    Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
  15. Romans 7:23ἕτερον · another
    But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
  16. Romans 8:39ἑτέρα · else
    …neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  17. Romans 13:8ἕτερον · neighbor
    Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
  18. Romans 13:9ἑτέρα · other
    The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  19. 1 Corinthians 3:4ἕτερος · another
    For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
  20. 1 Corinthians 4:6ἑτέρου · another
    Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
  21. 1 Corinthians 6:1ἕτερον · another
    If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
  22. 1 Corinthians 10:24ἑτέρου · of others
    No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
  23. 1 Corinthians 10:29ἑτέρου · other [one’s]
    …the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
  24. 1 Corinthians 12:9ἑτέρῳ · to another
    …to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
  25. 1 Corinthians 12:10ἑτέρῳ · to another
    …to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
  26. 1 Corinthians 14:17ἕτερος · other one
    You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
  27. 1 Corinthians 14:21ἑτέρων · foreign
    It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
  28. 1 Corinthians 15:40ἑτέρα · [is of] one [degree]; ἑτέρα · [is of] another
    There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.
  29. 2 Corinthians 8:8ἑτέρων · of others
    I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
  30. 2 Corinthians 11:4ἕτερον · a different; ἕτερον · a different
    For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.
  31. Galatians 1:6ἕτερον · a different
    I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
  32. Galatians 1:19ἕτερον · other
    But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
  33. Galatians 6:4ἕτερον · someone else
    Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
  34. Ephesians 3:5ἑτέραις · in other
    …which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
  35. Philippians 2:4ἑτέρων · of others
    Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
  36. 1 Timothy 1:10ἕτερον · else
    …for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
  37. 2 Timothy 2:2ἑτέρους · others
    And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
  38. Hebrews 5:6ἑτέρῳ · another [passage]
    And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
  39. Hebrews 7:11ἕτερον · [for] another
    Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
  40. Hebrews 7:13ἑτέρας · a different
    He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
  41. Hebrews 7:15ἕτερος · another
    And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
  42. Hebrews 11:36ἕτεροι · others
    Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
  43. James 2:25ἑτέρᾳ · on another
    In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
  44. Jude 1:7ἑτέρας · strange
    In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.