ἕτερος
heteros
other
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἕτερος (heteros) is a fundamental concept in the New Testament, appearing 100 times in the Bible. Its short definition is "other," indicating a distinction or difference between two or more things. This word can be used to convey a sense of contrast, separation, or uniqueness. In its various occurrences, ἕτερος is used to describe different relationships, such as other people (e.g., Matthew 20:16), other things (e.g., Luke 15:8), and even other aspects of oneself (e.g., Romans 7:15). Its range of usage encompasses both physical and abstract differences, allowing it to be applied in a wide range of contexts. This versatility makes ἕτερος a crucial word for understanding the nuances of relationships and distinctions in the biblical narrative. The significance of ἕτερος lies in its ability to highlight the complexities of human experience and the nature of reality. By emphasizing the "otherness" of things, this word encourages readers to consider the multifaceted nature of existence and the ways in which things can be distinct yet interconnected.
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Occurrences in Scripture
100 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
Matthew 6:24“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
Matthew 8:21Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.
Matthew 11:3and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”
Matthew 11:16“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
Matthew 12:45Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.”
Matthew 15:30Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
Matthew 16:14They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
Matthew 21:30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
Mark 16:12After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.
Luke 3:18Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
Luke 4:43But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of God’s Kingdom to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.”
Luke 6:6It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
Luke 7:41“A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
Luke 8:3and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.
Luke 8:6Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
Luke 8:7Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
Luke 8:8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Luke 9:29As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.
Luke 9:56For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” They went to another village.
Luke 9:59He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
Luke 9:61Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”
Luke 10:1Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he was about to come.
Luke 11:16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
Luke 11:26Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
Luke 14:19“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
Luke 14:20“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
Luke 14:31Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 16:7Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”
Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”
Luke 17:34I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken and the other will be left.
Luke 17:35There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”
Luke 17:36two in field; one will be taken and the another it will be left
Luke 18:10“Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
Luke 19:20Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
Luke 20:11He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
Luke 22:58After a little while someone else saw him, and said, “You also are one of them!” But Peter answered, “Man, I am not!”
Luke 22:65They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.
Luke 23:32There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.
Luke 23:40But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
Acts 20:15Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.
Acts 8:34The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”
John 19:37Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”
Acts 1:20For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’
Acts 2:4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
Acts 2:13Others, mocking, said, “They are filled with new wine.”
Acts 2:40With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”
Acts 4:12There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”