Quick Definition
ἑτέρως Adv otherwise, differently
Strong's Definition
adverb from 2087; differently
KJV Usage: otherwise
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ἕτερος
58.36 · Nature, Class, Example · Different Kind or Class
different, differently, other than pertaining to that which is different in kind or class from all other entities
1 Some persons have assumed that the distinction between ἄλλος and ἕτερος is simply a difference between what is another in a series and that which is significantly different in kind, but such a distinction cannot be confirmed from existing contexts, though there may be this type of distinction implied in GAL 1:6, GAL 1:7 in which another kind of gospel is rejected on the basis that there is no other gospel. Note, however, that both ἄλλος and ἕτερος also occur in the meaning of another, which is not the same (see 58.37).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἑτέρως, adv., otherwise, differently: Phil. iii.15. [From Hom. (apparently) down.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἑτέρως heterōs 1x
otherwise, differently, Phil. 3:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἑτέρως adv., differently, otherwise: Phl 3:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἑτέρως ἄλλον . ., and the Andanian inser. Sy// 653°! (B.c. 91) τὸν μὲν ἕνα... τὸν δ᾽ ἄλλον of “vo. The readiness with which the two words could be interchanged is shown by P Oxy II. 2761 (a.p. 77) Ῥρίβι “HpaxAjov τῷ σὺν ἄλλοις σιτολόγοις compared with P Gen I. 361° (a.p. 170) παρὰ Πεκύσιος Σαταβοῦτος ἱερέως σὺν ἑτέροις ἱερεῦ[σ]ι. Nor is it easy to differentiate them in such passages as CPR I. 10371 ἀπό τε ἄλλων πρασέων ἢ ἑτέρων [οἰκονομιῶν : cf. 26. 31® (ii/iii A.D.), 617 (Α.Ὁ. 238). That however the original difference between them was often observed with great nicety even in vernacular documents is shown by the Twins’ petition P Par 2653: (B.c. 163-2) (= Selections, Ρ. 16f.; the note on I. 33 requires correction) where ἄλλοι τῶν ἐκ τοῦ Σαραπιείου (to which the Twins themselves belonged) are distinguished from ἕτεροι τῶν ἐκ τοῦ ᾿Ασκληπιείου, and P Ryl II. το ἷ: 19,14. (2nd half ii/a.p.) pet ἄλ(λων) . . μεθ᾽ ἕτερα, where, as the editors point out, the former phrase introduces extracts from the original census-lists, while the second points to details that had been omitted. Other exx. showing how readily ἕτερος from meaning ‘‘the other class (of two)” came to imply “different” in quality or kind are OGZS 4588 (c. B.c. 9) ἑτέραν τε ἔδωκεν παντὶ τῶι κόσμωι ὄψιν, and P Oxy VI. 93918 (iv/A.D.) ἕτερα. . γράμματα, where the reference is not only to ‘“‘another,” a second letter, but to a letter containing very ‘‘different’’ news from that previously despatched. “Ἕτερος is used without a subst. in P Tebt 11. 38114 (A.D. 123) (= Selections, p. 78) ἕτερα καθ᾽ ὃν δήποτε οὖν τρόπον, “other things of whatsoever kind,’ following a list of articles bequeathed in a will, P Flor I. 9910 (i/ii A.D.) (= Selections, p. 72) €repo[v] ἄτοπόν τι, “anything else amiss,” and CPR I. 3215 (A.p. 218) οὐδὲν δὲ ἕτερον πρακθησόμεθα (cf. Ac 1774). An interesting confirmation of the RV rendering of Lk 233% ἕτεροι κακοῦργοι δύο, ‘two others, malefactors” is afforded by P Tebt I. 41° (a petition—c. B.C. 119) καὶ [μ]ετὰ Tod παντὸς σκυλμοῦ συνexets ἐπιλήψεις ποιουμένου τινῶν ἡμῶν καὶ ἑτέρων γυναικῶν διασείειν, ““ἴο extort from some of us and from others, viz. women ”’—the petitioners are men. According to Lightfoot (Ga/., p. 76) the primary distinction between ἄλλος and ἕτερος is that the former is another ‘as one besides,” and the latter another as ‘‘one of two.” But Ramsay in an important discussion on Gal 15* (Comm. Ρ- 260 ff.) contends that this reverses the facts regarding the force of the two words when they are pointedly contrasted. In Gal Zc. he has now definitely adopted the construction given by the American Revisers in the margin (‘‘a different gospel, which is nothing else save that there are some that trouble you”), and agrees with the opinion expressed by Professor A. W. Mair who has supplied a long list of passages from Demosthenes and others, showing that any distinction in usage between the two words results naturally from the fact that one is a positive, or absolute, word (ἄλλος), while the other is a comparative, or relative (ἕτερος), and further that, where this is not essential, they are used indifferently: see e.g. Demosthenes xxiii. 71 (ed. Butcher) οὔτ᾽ ἄλλος οὐδείς, but xxv. 17 ἕτερος δ᾽ οὐδὲ εἷς.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἑτέρως (heterōs) — differently. Included with: ἕτερος, α, ον, only Attic dialect-Ionic dialect with ἕ-, Doric dialect ἅτερος [ᾰ] [Refs], Aeolic dialect ἄτερος [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— but ἅτερος [ᾱ], Attic dialect crasis for ὁ ἅτερος, [Refs 4th c.BC+], Ionic dialect οὕτερος (from ὁ ἕτ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect ὥτερος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; neuter θάτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τοὔτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τοὐτέρου [Refs 7th c.BC+], Doric dialect θατέρω [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τἠτέρῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —Later _masculine_ and _feminine_ θάτερος, θατέρα, even with the Article, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θάτερον accusative singular masculine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I. one or the other of two, usually with Article except in Poets; frequently of natural pairs, σκαιῇ (i.e. χειρὶ) ἔγχος ἔχων, ἑτέρηφι δὲ λάζετο πέτρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῇ ἑτέρῃ μὲν.. τῇ δ᾽ ἑτέρῃ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; χειρὶ ἑτέρῃ with one hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+] commonly of the left hand, see infr. IV.I); ἑτέροιο διὰ κροτάφοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of pairs in general, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν ἑ. πύλην one of the two gates, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently of alternatives presented, τῶνδε τὰ ἕ. ποιέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑλοῦ γε θάτερ᾽, ἢ.. ἢ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖνδ᾽ ἑλοῦ δυοῖν πότμοιν τὸν ἕ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυοῖν θάτερα, ἢ.. ἢ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, one of two parties or sets, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν ἕτεροί γε παῖδα κλαύσονται one set of parents, either mine or thine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2. in double clauses ἕτερος (in Prose always ὁ ἕτερος) is generally repeated; ἑ. μὲν δουρὶ.., τῷ δ᾽ ἑ. [Refs]; τὸν ἕ., ἕ. δὲ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕ..., ὁ δὲ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; reversely ἄλλῳ ὀρχηστύν, ἑτέρῳ κίθαριν [ἔδωκε] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τότε μὲν ἕτερα.., τότε δὲ ἄλλα.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἕτερος.., ὁ λοιπός.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕτερα.., τὰ δὲ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. repeated in the same clause, ἐξ ἑτέρων ἕτερ᾽ ἐστίν one building follows on another, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [ἀ] δ᾽ ἀτέρα τὰν ἀτέραν κύλιξ ὠθήτω let one cup push on the other, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἢ θάτερον δεῖ δυστυχεῖν ἢ θάτερον one party or the other, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕτερος ἀφ᾽ ἑτέρου θεραπείας ἀναπιμπλάμενοι ἔθνῃσκον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; συμφορὰ ἑτέρα ἑτέρους πιέζει one calamity oppresses one, another others, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. ={δεύτερος}, second, ἡ μὲν.., ἡ δ᾽ ἑτέρη.., ἡ δὲ τρίτη.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ ἑ. πρότασις the minor premiss, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προσαγορεύεις αὐτὰ ἑτέρῳ ὀνόματι you call them further by a new name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. b with Pronouns of quantity, ordinals, etc., τόσσοι δ᾽ αὖθ᾽ ἕτεροι ποταμοί as many more, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕτερον τοσοῦτον as much again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑτέρου τοσούτου χρόνου for as long again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. τοιαῦτα other things of like kind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ.. τῷ ἑτέρῳ in the same way over again, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χιλίας ἑτέρας [δραχμάς] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεύτερον, τρίτον ἕ. δικαστήριον, [Refs]; ἕ. ἐγώ, of a friend, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἕτεροι αὐτοί second selves, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. without Article, another, of many, with a sense of difference, [Refs 8th c.BC+] such as none like them had happened, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐχ ἕτερον ἀλλά.. none other than, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II. b οἱ ἕ. the rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. c ὁ ἑ. 'one's neighbour', ἀγαπᾶν τὸν ἕ. [NT]
III. of another kind, different, ἕ. δέ με θυμὸς ἔρυκεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ μὲν ἕ., τὸ δὲ ἕ., i.e. they are different, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. εὐαγγέλιον [NT] and other different toils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.genitive, other than, different from, φίλους.. ἑτέρους τῶν νῦν ὄντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕτερον, ἕτερα ἢ.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. other than should be, euphemistic for κακός, παθεῖν μὲν εὖ, παθεῖν δὲ θάτερα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέκτρα, συμφοραί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλέον θάτερον ἐποίησαν did more harm (than good), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. Special Phrases:
IV.1. elliptical, mostly in dative feminine,
IV.1. a τῇ ἑτέρᾳ (i.e. χειρί), Epic dialect ἑτέρῃ or ἑτέρηφι, with one hand (see. entry [near the start]); with the left hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+] not to be caught with one hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.1. b θατέρᾳ (i.e. ἡμέρᾳ) on the morrow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τῇ ἑτέρᾳ on the following (i.e. the third) day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.1. c (i.e. ὁδῷ) in another or a different way, καὶ τῇδε φῦναι χἀτέρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; another way, τρέπεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τότ᾽ ἄλλοσ᾽.., θατέρᾳ δὲ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θατέρᾳ.., θατέρᾳ.. in one way.., in the other.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV.2. adverbial with Preps.:
IV.2. a ἐπὶ θάτερα to the one or the other side, one or the other way, ἐπὶ μὲν θάτερα.., ἐπὶ θ. δὲ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τότε μὲν ἐπὶ θάτερα, τότε δ᾽ ἐπὶ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] to or on the other side, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ θάτερα from the other side, [Refs]; ἐκ μὲν τοῦ ἐπὶ θ., ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἐπὶ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.2. b κατὰ θάτερα on the one or other side, κατὰ θ. ἀστός [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but καθ᾽ ἕτερα at other points, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V. adverb ἑτέρως in one or the other way, opposed to ἀμφοτέρως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. τε καὶ ἑ., ={ἀμφοτέρως}, [Refs]; τοῦ σκέλους ἑ. ἔχειν, ={ἑτεροσκελὴς εἶναι}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V.2. differently, rarely in Poetry, οὐχ ἑ. τις ἐρεῖ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἑ. ἔχειν to be different, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. in the other way (compare ὡς), ἢν ἡ ἑτέρη γνάθος ἐκστῇ ὡς ἑ. χρὴ τὴν ἐπίδεσιν ἄγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐάν τε καλῶς, ἐάν θ᾽ ὡς ἑ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with genitive, differently from, ἑ. πως τῶν εἰωθότων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. ἤπερ.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V.3. otherwise than should be, badly, wrongly, once in [NT+8th c.BC+]
