Biblica Analytica
G1208 Greek

δεύτερος

deuteros

secondly

Lexicon Entry

Definition
secondly
Transliteration
deuteros
Strong's Number
G1208
Occurrences
47

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

The Greek word deuteros, with Strong's number G1208, translates to "secondly" and appears 47 times in the Bible. Its primary function is to express an order of priority, emphasizing that something happens after or in addition to something else. Deuteros indicates a sequence, often in the context of a hierarchy, emphasizing a difference in timing, importance, or value. Deuteros is commonly used in conjunction with other particles, such as Kai (and), or as a standalone word to signify the second in a series of actions or events. In some instances, it's used to contrast with a first occurrence, implying a progression or an escalation. The frequency of its appearance in the biblical text highlights its significance in expressing nuanced relationships between concepts. While the exact meaning and connotation of deuteros can vary depending on its context, it plays a crucial role in clarifying the sequence of actions, emphasizing the relative importance of events or concepts, and providing a detailed understanding of the relationships between elements in the biblical narrative.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
G1208
Lemma
δεύτερος
Transliteration
deuteros
Definition
secondly
Occurrences
47
Model
groq
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

47 total occurrences across the text

Matthew 22:26

In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

Matthew 22:39

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 26:42

Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”

Mark 12:21

The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;

Mark 12:31

The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Mark 14:72

The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.

Luke 12:38

They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

Luke 19:18

“The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’

Luke 20:30

The second took her as wife, and he died childless.

John 9:24

So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

John 3:4

Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”

John 4:54

This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.

John 21:16

He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

Acts 7:13

On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh.

Acts 10:15

A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”

Acts 11:9

But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

Acts 12:10

When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

Acts 13:33

that God has fulfilled this to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’

1 Corinthians 12:28

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

2 Corinthians 1:15

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

2 Corinthians 13:2

I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

2 Corinthians 13:13

All the saints greet you.

2 Thessalonians 3:18

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

Titus 3:10

Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning,

Hebrews 8:7

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

Hebrews 9:3

After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

Hebrews 9:7

but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.

Hebrews 10:9

then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,

2 Peter 3:1

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you,

Jude 1:5

Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.

Revelation 2:11

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

Revelation 4:7

The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 6:3

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”

Revelation 6:3

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”

Revelation 8:8

The second angel sounded, and something like a great burning mountain was thrown into the sea. One third of the sea became blood,

Revelation 11:14

The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly.

Revelation 14:8

Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”

Revelation 16:3

The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.

Revelation 19:3

A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

Revelation 20:14

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 21:19

The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;