Greek adjective · G2087
ἕτερος
heteroshet'-er-os
of number; Of kind or quality
97 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: héteros
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2087is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 27New Testament books
- 16spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2087
(an-, the) other or different
The King James renders it: altered, else, next (day), one, (an-)other, some, strange.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
heteros is rendered "of number; Of kind or quality". It stands 97 times in the Greek text, across fifteen books.
- Thirty-two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "of number".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24ἕτερον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirty-two of the word's ninety-seven uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: of number, and Of kind or quality.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| of number | Tagged as
and 8 more, 86 uses in all | WhereMatthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other… |
| Of kind or quality | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 9:29And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω | heterodidaskaleo | to teach heresy | Uses2 |
| ἑτέρως | heteros | differently | Uses1 |
| ἑτεροζυγέω | heterozygeo | to yoke a mismatch | Uses1 |
| ἑτερόγλωσσος | heteroglossos | in another language | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 97, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἕτερον26
- ἕτερος15
- ἑτέρῳ11
- ἑτέρα6
- ἕτεροι6
- ἑτέρου6
- ἕτερα4
- ἑτέρους4
- ἑτέρων4
- ἑτέρᾳ3
- ἑτέραις3
- ἑτέραν3
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular15A-ASM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular15A-NSM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular9A-DSM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular7A-NSN
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular6A-GSM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural6A-NPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular6A-NSF
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural4A-APM
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural4A-APN
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular4A-ASN
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural4A-GPM
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular3A-ASF
Matthew
ten uses
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: other
- ἑτέρουheterouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: other
Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- Ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Another
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- ἑτέρανheteranadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a different
to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: another
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
- ἑτέροιςheteroisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: to others
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
- ἕτεραheteraadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: other
Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
- ἑτέρουςheterousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: others
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
- ἕτεροιheteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: others
Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: other
Luke
thirty-two uses
With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.
- ἕτεραheteraadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: things
But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”
- ἑτέραιςheteraisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: other
So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: other
On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: another
“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the other
Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.
- ἕτεραιheteraiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: others
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: other
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: other
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: other
And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: altered
And He and His disciples went on to another village.
- ἑτέρανheteranadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: another
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: another
Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: another
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
- ἑτέρουςheterousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: others
And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
- Ἕτεροιheteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Others
Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
- ἕτεραheteraadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: other
Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: another
Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: another
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: with another
Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to another
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: other
- ἑτέρουheterouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: other
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- ἑτέρανheteranadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: another
I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: other
Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
- ἑτέραheteraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: the other
“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: other
Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: another
So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: another
A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: another
And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
- ἕτεραheteraadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: other things
Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
- ἕτεροιheteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: other
But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: other
John
one use
And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
- ἑτέραheteraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: another
Acts
seventeen uses
“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: another.’
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- ἑτέραιςheteraisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: in other
But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
- ἕτεροιheteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Others
With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
- ἑτέροιςheteroisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: in other
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: another
Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: another
“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
- ἑτέρουheterouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: other
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: another
So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: another
But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.
- ἑτέρωνheteronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: others
and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: another
Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: else
But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
- ἕτεροιheteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: others
Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
- ἑτέρᾳheteraadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: next
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: the other
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
- ἑτέρουςheterousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: other
The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
- ἑτέρᾳheteraadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: next
Romans
nine uses
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: other
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: another
So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: another
- ἑτέρῳ.¶heteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: another
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to another
But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: another
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- ἑτέραheteraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: other
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: other
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- ἑτέραheteraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: other
1 Corinthians
eleven uses
For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: another
Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
- ἑτέρουheterouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: other
If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: other
No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
- ἑτέρουheterouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: other
the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
- ἑτέρουheterouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: other
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to a different one
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to a different one
You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: other
It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
- ἑτέρωνheteronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of others
There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.
- ἑτέραheteraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: one
- ἑτέραheteraadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: another
2 Corinthians
three uses
I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
- ἑτέρωνheteronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of others
For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: different
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: different
Galatians
three uses
I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a different
But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Other
Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: another
Ephesians
one use
which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
- ἑτέραιςheteraisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: in other
Philippians
one use
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
- ἑτέρωνheteronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of others
1 Timothy
one use
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: other
2 Timothy
one use
And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
- ἑτέρουςheterousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: others
Hebrews
five uses
And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- ἑτέρῳheteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: another
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
- ἕτερονheteronadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: another
He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
- ἑτέραςheterasadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: another
And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
- ἕτεροςheterosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: another
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
- ἕτεροιheteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Others
James
one use
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
- ἑτέρᾳheteraadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: by another
Jude
one use
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
- ἑτέραςheterasadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: strange
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
