ἀλλήλων
allēlōn · one another
Greek word · Strong’s number G240 · appears 100 times in the Bible
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allēlōn (ἀλλήλων) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “one another”.
Each other.
How to say it
al·lē·lōn
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Shows that an action goes back and forth among several people.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Word study
One another, mutually: it says that an action goes back and forth among several persons. It comes from ἄλλος, “other”. Thayer: one another, reciprocally.
- “That you love one another” John 13:341 John 4:7
- What believers do for one another Romans 12:10Galatians 6:2Ephesians 4:32
- “Confess your sins to one another” James 5:16
- Talking among themselves Mark 4:41Luke 24:32
How we translate it
“One another” 94 times, “each other” 4, “yourselves” 2. Almost always “one another”, also when people speak or discuss among themselves (“discussing with one another”, Mark 8:16).
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- one another ×94
- each other ×4
- yourselves ×2
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew×3
- Mark×5
- Luke×11
- John×15
- Acts×8
- Romans×14
- 1 Corinthians×4
- 2 Corinthians×1
- Galatians×7
- Ephesians×4
- Philippians×1
- Colossians×2
- 1 Thessalonians×5
- 2 Thessalonians×1
- Titus×1
- Hebrews×1
- James×4
- 1 Peter×4
- 1 John×6
- 2 John×1
- Revelation×2
- Matthew 24:10
And then many will fall away, and they will hand one another over and hate one another.
- Matthew 25:32
And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
- Mark 4:41
And they feared with a great fear and were saying to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
- Mark 8:16
And they were discussing with one another that they had no bread.
- Mark 9:34
But they were silent; for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.
- Mark 9:50
Salt is good; but if the salt becomes saltless, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- Mark 15:31
Likewise the high priests also, mocking him to one another with the scribes, were saying, “Others he saved; himself he cannot save.
- Luke 2:15
And it happened, when the angels went away from them into heaven, that the shepherds were saying to one another, “Let us go then over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
- Luke 4:36
And amazement came upon all, and they were talking with one another, saying, “What is this word, that with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out?”
- Luke 6:11
But they were filled with senseless rage, and were discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
- Luke 7:32
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, who say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament, and you did not weep.’
- Luke 8:25
And he said to them, “Where is your faith?” And being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”
- Luke 12:1
Meanwhile, when the crowd had gathered by the thousands, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Luke 20:14
But when the tenants saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, so that the inheritance may become ours.’
- Luke 23:12
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for they had previously been at enmity with each other.
- Luke 24:14
and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened.
- Luke 24:17
And he said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad.
- Luke 24:32
And they said to one another, “Was not our heart burning within us while he was speaking to us on the road, while he was opening to us the Scriptures?”
- John 4:33
So the disciples were saying to one another, “Surely no one has brought him anything to eat?”
- John 5:44
How can you believe, receiving glory from one another and not seeking the glory that comes from the only God?
- John 6:43
Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.
- John 6:52
So the Jews were arguing with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
- John 11:56
So they were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?”
- John 13:14
So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
- John 13:22
The disciples were looking at one another, at a loss as to whom he was speaking about.
- John 13:34
A new commandment I give you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
- John 13:35
By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 15:12
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
- John 15:17
I command you these things so that you love one another.
- John 16:17
So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he is saying to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
- John 16:19
Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Are you inquiring among yourselves about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me’?
- John 19:24
So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots for it to see whose it will be,” so that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things.
- Acts 4:15
But after ordering them to go outside the council, they conferred with one another,
- Acts 7:26
And on the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting and was trying to bring them to peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?’
- Acts 15:39
And there arose a sharp disagreement, so that they separated from each other, and Barnabas, taking along Mark, sailed away to Cyprus.
- Acts 19:38
So if Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against anyone, court days are held, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.
- Acts 21:6
we said farewell to one another and went on board the ship, and they returned to their own homes.
- Acts 26:31
and when they had withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving death or chains.”
- Acts 28:4
And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they were saying to one another, “This man is surely a murderer; though he was brought safely out of the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
- Acts 28:25
And being in disagreement with one another, they began to leave, after Paul had said one word: “Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers,
And 60 more times.