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
Usage patterns
Occurrences
- Matthew 6:24ἕτερον · other; ἑτέρου · otherNo one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- Matthew 8:21Ἕτερος · AnotherAnother of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- Matthew 10:23ἑτέραν · nextWhen they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- Matthew 11:3ἕτερον · someone else…to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
- Matthew 11:16ἑτέροις · to othersTo what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
- Matthew 12:45ἕτερα · otherThen it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
- Matthew 15:30ἑτέρους · othersLarge crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
- Matthew 16:14ἕτεροι · othersThey replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
- Mark 16:12ἑτέρᾳ · a differentAfter this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them as they walked along in the country.
- Luke 3:18ἕτερα · otherWith these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.
- Luke 4:43ἑτέραις · otherBut Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”
- Luke 5:7ἑτέρῳ · otherSo they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
- Luke 6:6ἑτέρῳ · anotherOn another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
- Luke 7:41ἕτερος · other“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
- Luke 8:3ἕτεραι · othersJoanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.
- Luke 8:6ἕτερον · SomeSome fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
- Luke 8:7ἕτερον · Other [seed]Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
- Luke 8:8ἕτερον · other [seed]Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- Luke 9:29ἕτερον · changedAnd as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
- Luke 9:56ἑτέραν · anotherAnd He and His disciples went on to another village.
- Luke 9:59ἕτερον · another [man]Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- Luke 9:61ἕτερος · anotherStill another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
- Luke 10:1ἑτέρους · othersAfter this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
- Luke 11:16ἕτεροι · othersAnd others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
- Luke 11:26ἕτερα · otherThen it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
- Luke 14:19ἕτερος · AnotherAnother said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
- Luke 14:20ἕτερος · anotherStill another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
- Luke 14:31ἑτέρῳ · with anotherOr what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- Luke 16:7ἑτέρῳ · anotherThen he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
- Luke 16:13ἕτερον · other; ἑτέρου · otherNo servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
- Luke 16:18ἑτέραν · another [woman]Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- Luke 17:34ἕτερος · otherI tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
- Luke 17:35ἑτέρα · otherTwo women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
- Luke 18:10ἕτερος · other“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
- Luke 19:20ἕτερος · another [servant]Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
- Luke 20:11ἕτερον · anotherSo he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
- Luke 22:58ἕτερος · someone elseA short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
- Luke 22:65ἕτερα · thingsAnd they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
- Luke 23:32ἕτεροι · othersTwo others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
- Luke 23:40ἕτερος · other [one]But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
- John 19:37ἑτέρα · as anotherAnd, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
- Acts 1:20ἕτερος · {May} another“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
- Acts 2:4ἑτέραις · in otherAnd they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- Acts 2:13Ἕτεροι · othersBut others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
- Acts 2:40Ἑτέροις · otherWith many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
- Acts 4:12ἕτερον · otherSalvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- Acts 7:18ἕτερος · anotherThen another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
- Acts 8:34ἑτέρου · else“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”