Strong's Greek Concordance

G2087: ἕτερος

héteros · “other”

Definition

(an-, the) other or different

KJV translates it as: altered, else, next (day), one, (an-)other, some, strange

Word origin: of uncertain affinity;

Extended 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, Luk.5:7 9:56, al.; opposite to ὁ πρῶτος, Mat.21:30; ὁ εἷς, Mat.6:24, Luk.7:41, Act.23:6, al.; ἕ. μὲν . . . ἕ. δέ, the one . . . the other: 1Co.15:40; the next: Luk.6:6 9:56 (sc. ἡμέρα, Xen.), Act.20:15 27:3; = ὁ πλησίον, one's neighbour: Rom.2:1 13:8, 1Co.6:1, al.;
(b) of more than two, another: Mat.8:21 11:3, Luk.6:6 22:65, Jhn.19:37, Rom.8:39, al.; pl., Act.2:13; οἱ μὲν . . . ἄλλοι δὲ . . . ἕ. δέ, Mat.16:14; τινὲς . . . ἕ. δέ, Luk.11:16.
2. Of kind or quality, other, another, different (Plat., Dem., al.): Mrk.16:[12], Luk.9:29, Act.2:4, 1Co.14:21, 2Co.11:4, Gal.1:6, al. (cf. ἑτερό-γλωσσος, -διδασκαλέω, -ζυγέω).
SYN.: ἄλλος, which see (see reff. ut supr., also Robertson, Gr., 748ff.). (AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G2087 is translated

  • other ×26
  • another ×23
  • others ×10
  • another; ×4
  • the other ×3
  • in other ×3
  • of others ×3
  • next day ×2
  • other. ×2
  • to a different one ×2
  • different ×2
  • a different; ×1

Bible verses with G2087 (héteros)

Héteros appears in 94 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Matthew 6:24

    No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  • Matthew 8:21

    And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

  • Matthew 10:23

    But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

  • Matthew 11:3

    And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

  • Matthew 11:16

    But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

  • Matthew 12:45

    Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

  • Matthew 15:30

    And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

  • Matthew 16:14

    And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

  • Matthew 21:30

    And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

  • Mark 16:12

    After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.

  • Luke 3:18

    And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

  • Luke 4:43

    And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.

  • Luke 5:7

    And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

  • Luke 6:6

    And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

  • Luke 7:41

    There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

  • Luke 8:3

    And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

  • Luke 8:6

    And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

  • Luke 8:7

    And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

  • Luke 8:8

    And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Luke 9:29

    And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.

  • Luke 9:56

    For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

  • Luke 9:59

    And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

  • Luke 9:61

    And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

  • Luke 10:1

    After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

  • Luke 11:16

    And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

All 94 references

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