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GreekG2087Adjective

ἕτερος

heteros

95Occurrences
G2087Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

(an-, the) other or different

of uncertain affinity;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
distributive pron., prop. dual (BL, §13, 5; 51, 6), denoting the second of a pair, but in late Gk. encroaching on ἄλλος
1.of number, other; with art., the other
(a)of two
(b)of more than two, another
2.Of kind or quality, other, another, different (Plat., Dem.)
Synonyms
ἄλλος, which see (see reff. ut supr., also Robertson, Gr., 748ff.).
LXX: chiefly for אַחֵר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἕτερος appears 95 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
32
Acts
17
1 Corinthians
11
Matthew
9
Romans
8
Hebrews
5
Galatians
3
2 Corinthians
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:24BSB

No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

Acts 17:7BSB

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

Hebrews 7:11BSB

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?

Luke 19:20BSB

Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

Matthew 10:23BSB

When 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.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.