ἕτεροςhéteros
denoting the second of a pair, but in late Gk.
Greek (New Testament) · G2087
Meanings
encroaching on ἄλλος
1. of number, other; with article, the other
(a) of two, Luke 5:7, Luke 9:56, and elsewhere; opposed to ὁ πρῶτος, Matthew 21:30; ὁ εἷς, Matthew 6:24, Luke 7:41, Acts 23:6, and elsewhere; ἕ. μὲν... ἕ. δέ, the one... the other: 1 Corinthians 15:40; the next: Luke 6:6, Luke 9:56, Acts 20:15, Acts 27:3; = ὁ πλησίον, one's neighbour: Romans 2:1, Romans 13:8, 1 Corinthians 6:1, and elsewhere
(b) of more than two, another: Matthew 8:21, Matthew 11:3, Luke 6:6, Luke 22:65, John 19:37, Romans 8:39, and elsewhere; plural, 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: Mark 16:12, Luke 9:29, Acts 2:4, 1 Corinthians 14:21, 2 Corinthians 11:4, Galatians 1:6, and elsewhere (cf. ἑτερό-γλωσσος, -διδασκαλέω, -ζυγέω).
Synonyms
ἄλλος, see that word.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 97 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.
- Matthew 8:21 Another of his disciples said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”
- Matthew 10:23 When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.
- Matthew 11:3 “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?”
- Matthew 11:16 “To what can I compare this generation? It is like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,
- Matthew 12:45 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”
See every passage
- Matthew 6:24, 8:21, 10:23, 11:3, 11:16, 12:45, 15:30, 16:14, 21:30
- Luke 3:18, 4:43, 5:7, 6:6, 7:41, 8:3, 8:6, 8:7, 8:8, 9:29, 9:56, 9:59, 9:61, 10:1, 11:16, 11:26, 14:19, 14:20, 14:31, 16:7, 16:13, 16:18, 17:34, 17:35, 18:10, 19:20, 20:11, 22:58, 22:65, 23:32, 23:40
- John 19:37
- Acts 1:20, 2:4, 2:13, 2:40, 4:12, 7:18, 8:34, 12:17, 13:35, 15:35, 17:7, 17:21, 17:34, 20:15, 23:6, 27:1, 27:3
- Romans 2:1, 2:21, 7:3, 7:4, 7:23, 8:39, 13:8, 13:9
- 1 Corinthians 3:4, 4:6, 6:1, 10:24, 10:29, 12:9, 12:10, 14:17, 14:21, 15:40
- 2 Corinthians 8:8, 11:4
- Galatians 1:6, 1:19, 6:4
- Ephesians 3:5
- Philippians 2:4
- 1 Timothy 1:10
- 2 Timothy 2:2
- Hebrews 5:6, 7:11, 7:13, 7:15, 11:36
- James 2:25
- Jude 1:7
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.