ἄλλος
allos
another
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἄλλος (allos) is a fundamental term that appears 161 times in the Bible. Its short definition is "another," indicating a distinction or a second instance of something. This word is used to convey a sense of difference, variety, or multiplicity. In its range of usage, ἄλλος is employed to describe individuals, objects, or concepts that are distinct from one another. It can refer to a second person, a different group, or an alternative choice. For example, in Matthew 19:4, Jesus uses ἄλλος to describe the second creation account in Genesis, highlighting the distinction between the two stories. The significance of ἄλλος lies in its ability to convey a sense of multiplicity and diversity. By emphasizing the existence of multiple instances or options, this word encourages the reader to consider different perspectives and possibilities. In a broader sense, ἄλλος represents the complexity and richness of human experience, underscoring the idea that there are multiple ways to understand and interact with the world.
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Occurrences in Scripture
161 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
Matthew 4:21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.
Matthew 8:9For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
Matthew 12:13Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.
Matthew 13:5Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
Matthew 13:7Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
Matthew 13:8Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
Matthew 13:24He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
Matthew 13:31He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
Matthew 13:33He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
Matthew 16:14They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
Matthew 19:9I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
Matthew 20:3He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
Matthew 20:6About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
Matthew 21:8A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
Matthew 21:33“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
Matthew 21:36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
Matthew 21:41They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season.”
Matthew 22:4Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!” ’
Matthew 25:16Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
Matthew 25:17In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.
Matthew 25:20He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents in addition to them.’
Matthew 25:20He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents in addition to them.’
Matthew 25:22“He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents in addition to them.’
Matthew 26:71When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
Matthew 27:42“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
Matthew 27:49The rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
Matthew 27:61Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
Matthew 28:1Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
Mark 3:5When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
Mark 4:5Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
Mark 4:7Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Mark 4:8Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”
Mark 4:18Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
Mark 4:36Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.
Mark 6:15But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”
Mark 6:15But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”
Mark 7:4They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
Mark 7:8“For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”
Mark 8:28They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”
Mark 8:28They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”
Mark 10:11He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
Mark 10:12If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”
Mark 11:8Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and spreading them on the road.
Mark 12:4Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
Mark 12:5Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.
Mark 12:5Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.
Mark 12:9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
Mark 12:31The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:32The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,