ἕτερος

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., 79f.);

1. of number, other; with art., the other;

(a) of two, Luk 5,7; 9,56, al.; opposite to ὁ πρῶτος, Matt 21,30 ὁ εἷς, Matt 6,24, Luk 7,41, ApG 23,6, al.; ἕ. μὲν . . . ἕ. δέ, the one . . . the other: 1 Kor 15,40 the next: Luk 6,6; 9,56 (sc. ἡμέρα, Xen.), ApG 20,15; 27,3; = ὁ πλησίον, one's neighbour: Rom 2,1; 13,8, 1 Kor 6,1, al.;

(b) of more than two, another: Matt 8,21; 11,3, Luk 6,6; 22,65, Joh 19,37, Rom 8,39, al.; pl., ApG 2,13 οἱ μὲν . . . ἄλλοι δὲ . . . ἕ. δέ, Matt 16,14 τινὲς . . . ἕ. δέ, Luk 11,16,

2. Of kind or quality, other, another, different (Plat., Dem., al.): Mrk.16:[12], Luk 9,29, ApG 2,4, 1 Kor 14,21, 2 Kor 11,4, Gal 1,6, al. (cf. ἑτερό-γλωσσος, -διδασκαλέω, -ζυγέω).

SYN.: ἄλλος, which see (see reff. ut supr., also Robertson, Gr., 748ff.).