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Ἄλλος (állos) means another, someone else, or an additional member of a set. The word can mark a different route, further traditions, other speakers within a divided crowd, words directed toward other people, or another book opened at judgment.
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Ἄλλος (állos) means another, someone else, or an additional member of a set. The word can mark a different route, further traditions, other speakers within a divided crowd, words directed toward other people, or another book opened at judgment.
The BSB source-word alignment has 154 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include another (31), other (28), others (22), someone else (6), more (5).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:12. Its strongest book concentrations include John (32), Matthew (29), 1 Corinthians (23), Mark (22).
Ἄλλος (állos) means another, someone else, or an additional member of a set. The word can mark a different route, further traditions, other speakers within a divided crowd, words directed toward other people, or another book opened at judgment. It is a flexible marker of addition and distinction, not a guarantee that two items are identical in kind. The Magi return by another route because God warns them; Mark lists other inherited practices; some hearers reject the charge that Jesus is demon-possessed; Paul chooses intelligible words that instruct others; Revelation distinguishes the Book of Life from other opened books.
The noun or pronoun supplied by context identifies what is additional, while contrast identifies how it differs. Claims about “another of the same kind” must not outrun actual usage, syntax, or the author's argument.
Ἄλλος marks another person, thing, route, practice, utterance, or book. It lets a passage add or distinguish members within a scene without itself explaining the full nature of their similarity or difference.
And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
The Magi obey the divine warning by returning through another route, so a simple alternative path becomes part of God's protection of the child Jesus.
And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.
Mark mentions many other traditions alongside ritual washings, widening the dispute from one practice to an inherited system that can displace God's command.
But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Other members of the crowd challenge the demon accusation because Jesus' words and the opened eyes do not fit their opponents' explanation.
But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Paul prefers five intelligible words that instruct others to ten thousand words in a tongue, making edification of fellow worshipers the governing criterion.
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
At the throne, another book is opened, identified as the Book of Life, and its distinction from the books of deeds matters within the judgment scene.
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Greek word. Denotes numerical distinction between individuals; ἕτερος marks qualitative difference in kind or character.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 160 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
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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.
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
ἄλλος is a primary word - no further derivation.
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Small words of distinction can carry major narrative turns. Another route protects the Magi from returning to Herod, showing obedience expressed through an altered journey. Other traditions reveal that one ritual debate belongs to a broader struggle over whether human inheritance will serve or overturn God's command. Other voices in John's crowd prevent a false accusation from appearing unanimous and appeal to the moral weight of Jesus' words and signs.
In Corinth, “others” are the neighbors whom worship must build up, so intelligibility outranks impressive quantity. Revelation's other book is not an interchangeable volume; the text names it as the Book of Life within the judgment. Teachers should resist turning ἄλλος into a doctrinal code. Its service is grammatical and relational: it adds, separates, or redirects attention so the surrounding passage can state what matters about the alternative.
Matt.2.12
Ἄλλος functions adjectivally or substantivally and agrees with an expressed or implied noun. It can mean another, other, or additional. Context, not the lemma alone, tells whether the alternative is similar, contrasting, successive, or simply one more.
Scripture distinguishes the Lord from other gods, sets one path against another, and repeatedly calls God's people to consider the neighbor or other person. The New Testament uses ordinary contrast to clarify obedience, worship, and judgment.