heteros · other, another

What it means

heteros (ἕτερος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “other, another”.

Different.

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. One more, or one different from the one already named.

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

How it is translated

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

• other ×36
• another ×35
• others ×15
• different ×4
• else ×3
• next day ×2
• next ×1
• one kind ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×9
• Mark×1
• Luke×32
• John×1
• Acts×17
• Romans×9
• 1 Corinthians×11
• 2 Corinthians×3
• Galatians×3
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×5
• James×1
• Jude×1

• Matthew 6:24

  “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold on to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

• Matthew 8:21

  Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

• Matthew 10:23

  When they persecute you in this town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will never finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

• Matthew 11:3

  and said to him, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we wait for another?”

• Matthew 11:16

  But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the others,

• Matthew 12:45

  Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will be also with this evil generation.”

• Matthew 15:30

  And many crowds came to him, having with them the mute, blind, lame, maimed, and many others, and they set them at his feet; and he healed them,

• Matthew 16:14

  And they said, “Some say John the Immerser, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

• Mark 16:12

  After these things he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking, going into the country.

• Luke 3:18

  So, with many other exhortations as well, he was proclaiming the good news to the people.

• Luke 4:43

  But he said to them, “I must bring the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because for this purpose I was sent.”

• Luke 5:7

  And they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; and they came and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking.

• Luke 6:6

  And it happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there and his right hand was withered.

• Luke 7:41

  “A certain moneylender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

• Luke 8:3

  and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who were serving them out of their own means.

• Luke 8:6

  And other seed fell on the rock, and when it had grown, it withered because it had no moisture.

• Luke 8:7

  And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

• Luke 8:8

  And other seed fell into the good soil, and when it had grown, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

• Luke 9:29

  And it happened, while he was praying, that the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing became white, flashing like lightning.

• Luke 9:56

  And they went to another village.

• Luke 9:59

  And he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

• Luke 9:61

  And another also said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first allow me to say goodbye to those at my home.”

• Luke 10:1

  Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy-two others also, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he himself was about to come.

• Luke 11:16

  And others, testing him, were seeking from him a sign from heaven.

• Luke 11:26

  Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first.”

• Luke 14:19

  And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; I ask you, have me excused.’

• Luke 14:20

  And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

• Luke 14:31

  Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

• Luke 16:7

  Then he said to another, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He says to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

• Luke 16:13

  No household servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold on to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”

• Luke 16:18

  Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

• Luke 17:34

  I tell you, on this night there will be two on one bed; the one will be taken and the other will be left.

• Luke 17:35

  There will be two women grinding together; the one will be taken but the other will be left.”

• Luke 18:10

  “Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

• Luke 19:20

  And the other came, saying, ‘Master, look, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a cloth;

• Luke 20:11

  And he went on to send another slave; but they beat that one too and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.

• Luke 22:58

  And after a little while another saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”

• Luke 22:65

  And they were saying many other things against him, blaspheming.

• Luke 23:32

  And two others, criminals, were also being led with him to be put to death.

• Luke 23:40

  But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same condemnation?

And 57 more times.