Lexical Definition

‎ἕτερος‎ héteros (het'-er-os) other ^G:A
of uncertain affinity

altered, else, next (day), one, (an-)other, some, strange.

• (an-, the) other or different

Abbott-Smith

ἕτερος, -α, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for אַחֵר ;]
distributive pron., prop. dual (Bl., §13, 5; 51, 6), denoting the second of a pair, but in late Gk. encroaching on ἄλλος (M, Pr., 79 f.);
1. of number, other; c. art., the other;
(a) of two, Lk 5:7 9:56, al.; opp. to ὁ πρῶτος, Mt 21:30; ὁ εἷς, Mt 6:24, Lk 7:41, Ac 23:6, al.; ἕ. μὲν . . . ἕ. δέ, the one . . . the other: I Co 15:40; the next: Lk 6:6 9:56 (sc. ἡμέρα, Xen.), Ac 20:15 27:3; = ὁ πλησίον, one's neighbour: Ro 2:1 13:8, I Co 6:1, al.;
(b) of more than two, another: Mt 8:21 11:3, Lk 6:6 22:65, Jo 19:37, Ro 8:39, al.; pl., Ac 2:13; οἱ μὲν . . . ἄλλοι δὲ . . . ἕ. δέ, Mt 16:14; τινὲς . . . ἕ. δέ, Lk 11:16.
2. Of kind or quality, other, another, different (Plat., Dem., al.): 12], Lk 9:29, Ac 2:4, I Co 14:21, II Co 11:4, Ga 1:6, al. (cf. ἑτερό-γλωσσος, -διδασκαλέω, -ζυγέω).
SYN.: ἄλλος, q.v. (v. reff. ut supr., also Robertson, Gr., 748 ff.).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἕτερος, α, ον,

only Attic dialect-Ionic dialect with ἕ-, Doric dialect ἅτερος [ᾰ] [Refs], Aeolic dialect ἄτερος [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— but ἅτερος [ᾱ], Attic dialect crasis for ὁ ἅτερος, [Refs 4th c.BC+], Ionic dialect οὕτερος (from ὁ ἕτ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect ὥτερος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; neuter θάτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τοὔτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τοὐτέρου [Refs 7th c.BC+], Doric dialect θατέρω [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τἠτέρῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —Later _masculine_ and _feminine_ θάτερος, θατέρα, even with the Article, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θάτερον accusative singular masculine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__I one or the other of two, usually with Article except in Poets; frequently of natural pairs, σκαιῇ (i.e. χειρὶ) ἔγχος ἔχων, ἑτέρηφι δὲ λάζετο πέτρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῇ ἑτέρῃ μὲν.. τῇ δ᾽ ἑτέρῃ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; χειρὶ ἑτέρῃ with one hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+] commonly of the left hand, see infr. IV.I); ἑτέροιο διὰ κροτάφοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of pairs in general, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν ἑ. πύλην one of the two gates, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently of alternatives presented, τῶνδε τὰ ἕ. ποιέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑλοῦ γε θάτερ᾽, ἢ.. ἢ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖνδ᾽ ἑλοῦ δυοῖν πότμοιν τὸν ἕ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυοῖν θάτερα, ἢ.. ἢ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, one of two parties or sets, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν ἕτεροί γε παῖδα κλαύσονται one set of parents, either mine or thine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 in double clauses ἕτερος (in Prose always ὁ ἕτερος) is generally repeated; ἑ. μὲν δουρὶ.., τῷ δ᾽ ἑ. [Refs]; τὸν ἕ., ἕ. δὲ.. [ἕτερος μὲν] κακῶν, ἕ. δὲ ἐάων 24.528, compare 7.420, “IG” 22.1388.46 (probably), etc.; ἡ μὲν.., ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρη 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.149, “IG” 12.76.50">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕ..., ὁ δὲ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; reversely ἄλλῳ ὀρχηστύν, ἑτέρῳ κίθαριν [ἔδωκε] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τότε μὲν ἕτερα.., τότε δὲ ἄλλα.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἕτερος.., ὁ λοιπός.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕτερα.., τὰ δὲ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 repeated in the same clause, ἐξ ἑτέρων ἕτερ᾽ ἐστίν one building follows on another, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [ἀ] δ᾽ ἀτέρα τὰν ἀτέραν κύλιξ ὠθήτω let one cup push on the other, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἢ θάτερον δεῖ δυστυχεῖν ἢ θάτερον one party or the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕτερος ἀφ᾽ ἑτέρου θεραπείας ἀναπιμπλάμενοι ἔθνῃσκον[ἕτερος ἑτέρου προφέρει [prev. author] 7.64; ξυμμειγνυμένων ἑτέρων ἑτέροις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 701 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; συμφορὰ ἑτέρα ἑτέρους πιέζει one calamity oppresses one, another others, [ἕτερος ἕτερον ὄλβῳ καὶ δυνάμει παρῆλθεν [prev. author] “Ba.” 905, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 231 (\_anapaest meter\_); ἄλλη δ᾽ εἰς ἑτέρην ὀλυφύρετο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.250. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 ={δεύτερος}, second, ἡ μὲν.., ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρη.., ἡ δὲ τρίτη.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ ἑ. πρότασις the minor premiss, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσαγορεύεις αὐτὰ ἑτέρῳ ὀνόματι you call them further by a new name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4.b with Pronouns of quantity, ordinals, etc., τόσσοι δ᾽ αὖθ᾽ ἕτεροι ποταμοί as many more, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕτερον τοσοῦτον as much again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑτέρου τοσούτου χρόνου for as long again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. τοιαῦτα other things of like kind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ.. τῷ ἑτέρῳ in the same way over again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χιλίας ἑτέρας [δραχμάς] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεύτερον, τρίτον ἕ. δικαστήριον, [Refs]; ἕ. ἐγώ, of a friend, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἕτεροι αὐτοί second selves, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II without Article, another, of many, with a sense of difference, [Refs 8th c.BC+] such as none like them had happened, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐχ ἕτερον ἀλλά.. none other than, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.b οἱ ἕ. the rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.c ὁ ἑ. 'one's neighbour', ἀγαπᾶν τὸν ἕ. [NT]
__III of another kind, different, ἕ. δέ με θυμὸς ἔρυκεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ μὲν ἕ., τὸ δὲ ἕ., i.e. they are different, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. εὐαγγέλιον [NT] and other different toils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.genitive, other than, different from, φίλους.. ἑτέρους τῶν νῦν ὄντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕτερον, ἕτερα ἢ.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 other than should be, euphemistic for κακός, παθεῖν μὲν εὖ, παθεῖν δὲ θάτερα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέκτρα, συμφοραί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλέον θάτερον ἐποίησαν did more harm (than good), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV Special Phrases:
__IV.1 elliptical, mostly in dative feminine,
__IV.1.a τῇ ἑτέρᾳ (i.e. χειρί), Epic dialect ἑτέρῃ or ἑτέρηφι, with one hand (see. entry [near the start]); with the left hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+] not to be caught with one hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.1.b θατέρᾳ (i.e. ἡμέρᾳ) on the morrow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τῇ ἑτέρᾳ on the following (i.e. the third) day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.1.c (i.e. ὁδῷ) in another or a different way, καὶ τῇδε φῦναι χἀτέρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; another way, τρέπεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τότ᾽ ἄλλοσ᾽.., θατέρᾳ δὲ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θατέρᾳ.., θατέρᾳ.. in one way.., in the other.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__IV.2 adverbial with Preps.:
__IV.2.a ἐπὶ θάτερα to the one or the other side, one or the other way, ἐπὶ μὲν θάτερα.., ἐπὶ θ. δὲ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τότε μὲν ἐπὶ θάτερα, τότε δ᾽ ἐπὶ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] to or on the other side, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ θάτερα from the other side, [Refs]; ἐκ μὲν τοῦ ἐπὶ θ., ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἐπὶ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2.b κατὰ θάτερα on the one or other side, κατὰ θ. ἀστός [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but καθ᾽ ἕτερα at other points, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V adverb ἑτέρως in one or the other way, opposed to ἀμφοτέρως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. τε καὶ ἑ., ={ἀμφοτέρως}, [Refs]; τοῦ σκέλους ἑ. ἔχειν, ={ἑτεροσκελὴς εἶναι}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V.2 differently, rarely in Poetry, οὐχ ἑ. τις ἐρεῖ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἑ. ἔχειν to be different, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. in the other way (compare ὡς), ἢν ἡ ἑτέρη γνάθος ἐκστῇ ὡς ἑ. χρὴ τὴν ἐπίδεσιν ἄγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐάν τε καλῶς, ἐάν θ᾽ ὡς ἑ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with genitive, differently from, ἑ. πως τῶν εἰωθότων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. ἤπερ.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V.3 otherwise than should be, badly, wrongly, once in [NT+8th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Rom.13.6 ☩ Gal.6.4 ☩ Gal.1.6 ☩ Phil.3.15}