Other
[ 1,,
G243,
allos ]
indicates numeral distinction of objects of similar character, and is used
(a) absolutely, e.g.,
Matthew 20:3 (plural);
(b) attached to a noun, e.g.,
Matthew 21:36;
(c) with the article, e.g.,
Matthew 5:39;
1 Corinthians 14:29 (plural, RV); in
Matthew 13:5;
Luke 9:19;
John 9:9, e.g., RV, others" (AV, "some"); in
Matthew 25:20, RV, "other" (AV, "beside them ... more"). See
ANOTHER,
MORE, B, Note
(1), SOME.
[ 2,,
G2087,
heteros ]
indicates either numerical distinction, e.g.,
Luke 4:43;
Luke 5:7; or generic distinction, different in character, etc., e.g.,
Luke 9:29, "(the fashion of His countenance) was altered," lit., "became other;"
Luke 23:32, "two others, (malefactors)," RV, where the plural serves to make the necessary distinction between them and Christ;
Acts 2:4;
Acts 19:39 ("other matters");
1 Corinthians 14:21, AV, "other" (RV, "strange");
2 Corinthians 11:4 (2nd and 3rd parts, RV, "different;" in the 1st clause, allos, "another"). For the distinction between this and No. 1, See
under ANOTHER.
[ 3,,
G3062,
loipos ]
signifies "remaining, the rest." It is translated "other," or "others," e.g., in
Matthew 25:11;
Mark 4:19;
Luke 18:9;
Acts 28:9;
Romans 1:13;
1 Corinthians 9:5;
Ephesians 2:3;
1 Thessalonians 4:13;
1 Thessalonians 5:6;
1 Timothy 5:20, e.g., the RV renders this word "the rest" (AV, "other" or "others"); in
Ephesians 4:17, some mss. have loipa, neuter plural, AV, "other (Gentiles);" See
the RV See
REMNANT,
REST (the).
[ 4,,
G245,
allotrios ]
"belonging to another, not one's own," is translated "other men's" in
2 Corinthians 10:15;
1 Timothy 5:22; in
Hebrews 9:25, RV, "not his own" (AV, "of others"). See
ALIEN,
MAN'S, Note
(1), STRANGE, STRANGER.
[ 5,,
G240,
allelon ]
in
Romans 1:12, used in the dative case, is translated in the RV "(each of us by the) other's" (AV, "mutual"); the accusative is translated "other" in
Philippians 2:3. See
MUTUAL and ONE ANOTHER.
[ 6,,
G1520,
heis ]
"one," is sometimes translated "other" when expressing the second of a pair, e.g.,
Matthew 24:40, AV (RV, "one"), See
ONE, A
(4).
[ 7,,
G1565,
ekeinos ]
signifying "that one," implying remoteness as compared with houtos, "this," is translated "the other," e.g., in
Matthew 23:23;
Luke 11:42;
Luke 18:14.
Notes:
(1) In
Acts 26:22, AV, ouden ektos, lit., "nothing besides" is translated "none other things" (RV, "nothing but").
(2) The plural of the definite article is translated "others" in
Acts 17:32; in
Jude 1:23, AV, "others" (RV, "some").
(3) In
Luke 24:1, the plural of tis, "a certain one," is found in some mss., and translated "certain others" in the AV.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words