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 5:79:56, 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 6:69:56 (sc. ἡμέρα, Xen.), Ac 20:1527:3; = ὁ πλησίον, one's neighbour: Ro 2:113:8, I Co 6:1, al.;
(b) of more than two, another: Mt 8:2111:3, Lk 6:622:65, 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.): Mk 16:[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.).