deuteros · second

What it means

deuteros (δεύτερος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “second”.

How to say it

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

1. The one that comes after the first, or what happens a second time.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Second: the one that comes after the first, in order or in time. ‘A second time’ is the repetition of something.

• “A second time” John 21:16Acts 10:15John 3:4
• “A second is like it”: the commandment Matthew 22:39
• “The second man is from heaven” 1 Corinthians 15:47
• The second covenant, the second curtain Hebrews 8:7Hebrews 9:3Hebrews 9:7
• “The second death” Revelation 2:11Revelation 20:14
• “Will appear a second time” Hebrews 9:28John 4:54

Historical and cultural background

Hebrews 9 describes the tent in two parts: behind “the second curtain” was the Most Holy Place, and “into the second goes only the high priest, once a year, not without blood” (Hebrews 9:3, 7).

How we translate it

“Second” 43 times; as an adverb, “a second time” (“He says to him again, a second time”, John 21:16). In Jude 5, where the adverb marks what came later, “afterward”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• second ×43
• afterward ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×3
• Luke×3
• John×4
• Acts×5
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×5
• 2 Peter×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×13

• Matthew 21:30

  And he came to the second and said the same. And he answered and said, ‘I will, sir,’ and did not go.

• Matthew 22:26

  likewise also the second and the third, up to the seven.

• Matthew 22:39

  And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

• Matthew 26:42

  Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, let your will be done.”

• Mark 12:21

  and the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring; and the third likewise;

• Mark 12:31

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

• Mark 14:72

  And at once a second time a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And breaking down, he was weeping.

• Luke 12:38

  And if in the second watch or if in the third watch he comes and finds them so, happy are those slaves.

• Luke 19:18

  And the second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Master, has made five minas.’

• Luke 20:30

  and the second,

• John 3:4

  Nicodemus says 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

  Now this was again a second sign that Jesus did, having come from Judea into Galilee.

• John 9:24

  So for a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.”

• John 21:16

  He says to him again, a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He says to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I hold you dear.” He says to him, “Shepherd my sheep.”

• Acts 7:13

  And on the second visit Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

• Acts 10:15

  And a voice came to him again a second time: “What God has cleansed, you must not call profane.”

• Acts 11:9

  But a voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, you must not call profane.’

• Acts 12:10

  And passing a first guard and a second, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and going out they went along one street, and at once the angel left him.

• Acts 13:33

  that God has fulfilled this for our children by raising Jesus, as it is written also in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; I today have begotten you.’

• 1 Corinthians 12:28

  And God has placed some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administration, kinds of tongues.

• 1 Corinthians 15:47

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

• 2 Corinthians 1:15

  And with this confidence I wanted to come to you first, so that you might have a second grace,

• 2 Corinthians 13:2

  I have said before and I say in advance —as when present the second time, and now absent— to those who sinned before and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,

• Titus 3:10

  A divisive person, after a first and second warning, refuse,

• Hebrews 8:7

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

• Hebrews 9:3

  And behind the second curtain was a tent called the Most Holy Place,

• Hebrews 9:7

  but into the second goes only the high priest, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of ignorance of the people.

• Hebrews 9:28

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

• Hebrews 10:9

  then he has said: Look, I have come to do your will. He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.

• 2 Peter 3:1

  Beloved, this is now the second letter I am writing to you; in both of which I stir up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

• Jude 1:5

  But I want to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

• Revelation 2:11

  Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.

• Revelation 4:7

  And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature had the face as of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.

• Revelation 6:3

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

• Revelation 8:8

  And the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood,

• Revelation 11:14

  The second woe has passed; look, the third woe is coming soon.

• Revelation 14:8

  And another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the fury of her sexual immorality.”

• Revelation 16:3

  And the second poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man, and every living thing died, the creatures in the sea.

• Revelation 19:3

  And a second time they said, “Hallelujah! And her smoke goes up to the ages of the ages.”

• Revelation 20:6

  Happy and holy is the one who has a share in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

And 4 more times.