ἕτερος heteros

Greek word for “other” · Strong’s G2087 · used 98 times in 93 verses

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Meaning

ἕτερος, -α, -ον; distributive pron., prop.

How it is translated

Glosses given for heteros in context, with how often each is used:

• other 35
• another 33
• others 14
• different 4
• next day 2
• different one 2
• things 1
• altered 1
• other things 1
• another.’ 1
• else 1
• one 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 8 (4), Luke 9 (4), Luke 14 (3), Luke 16 (3), Acts 2 (3), Acts 17 (3), Romans 7 (3), Hebrews 7 (3), Matthew 11 (2), Luke 11 (2)

Forms

• ἕτερον 26
• ἕτερος 14
• ἑτέρῳ 12
• ἑτέρου 6
• ἑτέρα 6
• ἕτεροι 5
• ἕτερα 4
• ἑτέρους 4
• ἑτέρᾳ 4
• ἑτέρων 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with heteros more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δύο duo “two” 9
• εἷς ehis “one” 10
• πορεύω poreuō “to travel” 8
• ἤ ē “or” 8
• μέν men “on the other hand” 7
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 8
• ἐπιτρέπω epitrepō “to permit” 4
• ἄλλος allos “another” 6
• πρῶτος prōtos “first” 6
• εἰ ei “if” 8
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 7
• κρίνω krinō “to judge” 5

Key verses

The verses using heteros that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 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…
• Acts 2:4 — And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
• Acts 2:40 — And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
• Acts 4:12 — Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
• Romans 7:4 — Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the…
• 1 Corinthians 12:10 — To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of…
• Ephesians 3:5 — Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
• 1 Timothy 1:10 — For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is…
• 2 Timothy 2:2 — And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
• Hebrews 11:36 — And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
• Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.