What does ἄλλος · Μαρία mean in the Bible?
e. different (in many applications)".
Greek · G243, G3137
ἡ ἄλλη Μαρία
Another · Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females
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ἄλλος G243 another
Pronunciation állos
Denotes numerical distinction between individuals; ἕτερος marks qualitative difference in kind or character.
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Μαρία G3137 Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females
Pronunciation María
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What does ἡ ἄλλη Μαρία (he alle Maria) mean in the Bible?
ἄλλος · Μαρία is a Greek phrase meaning ""else," i.e. different (in many applications)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G243, G3137?
G243, G3137 is connected to 154 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. "else," i.e. different (in many applications)
Source Gloss
"else," i.e. different (in many applications)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 154 Case pattern Nominative (78) Number pattern Singular (57)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 16:14 · Matt 21:8 · Mark 4:18 · Mark 6:15 · Mark 8:28 · Mark 11:8 · Luke 9:19 · John 4:38 · John 7:12 · John 7:41 · John 9:9 · John 9:16 · John 10:21 · John 12:29 · John 18:34 · John 20:25 27×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 12:32 · Luke 22:59 · John 4:37 · John 5:7 · John 5:32 · John 5:43 · John 15:24 · John 18:15 · John 18:16 · John 20:3 · John 20:4 · John 20:8 · John 21:18 · Acts 2:12 · 1 Cor 3:10 · Phil 3:4 25×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:13 · Matt 26:71 · Matt 27:61 · Matt 28:1 · Mark 12:31 · 1 Cor 15:39 · 1 Cor 15:41 12×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:5 · Matt 13:7 · Matt 13:8 · Mark 4:8 · Mark 4:36 · Mark 7:4 · John 21:25 7×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 4:5 · Mark 4:7 · John 6:22 · Gal 1:7 · Rev 12:3 · Rev 20:12 6×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Mark 15:41 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:12 · 1 Cor 10:29 · Heb 4:8 3×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 5:29 · Luke 9:8 · 1 Thess 2:6 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine John 19:32 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:9 · Luke 7:8 · Acts 4:12 · 1 Cor 12:8 · 1 Cor 12:9 · 1 Cor 12:10 · 1 Cor 14:30 10×
Word Origins
ἡ ἄλλη Μαρία is a primary word - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain