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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

1: Ἄλλος (Strong'S #243 — Adjective — allos — al'-los )

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: Ἕτερος (Strong'S #2087 — Adjective — heteros — het'-er-os )

indicates either numerical distinction, e.g.,  Luke 4:43;  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;  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: Λοιπός (Strong'S #3062 — Adverb — loipos — loy-poy' )

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;  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: Ἀλλότριος (Strong'S #245 — Adjective — allotrios — al-lot'-ree-os )

"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: Ἀλλήλων (Strong'S #240 — Pronoun, Plural, Reciprocal — allelon — al-lay'-lone )

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: Εἷς (Strong'S #1520 — numeral — heis — hice )

"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: Ἐκεῖνος (Strong'S #1565 — pronoun — ekeinos — ek-i'-nos )

signifying "that one," implying remoteness as compared with houtos, "this," is translated "the other," e.g., in  Matthew 23:23;  Luke 11:42;  18:14 .

 Acts 26:22 Acts 17:32 Jude 1:23 Luke 24:1

King James Dictionary [2]

OTH'ER, a. Heb.

1. Not the same different not this or these.

Then the other company which is left shall escape.  Genesis 32 .

Behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.  Exodus 4 .

Other lords besides thee have had dominion over us.  Isaiah 26 .

There is one God, and there is none other but he.  Mark 12 .

2. Not this, but the contrary as, on this side of the river stands Troy, on the other side stands Albany.

Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.  Matthew 5 .

3. Noting something besides. To the knowledge of the Latin and Greek, join as much other learning as you can. 4. Correlative to each, and applicable to any number of individuals.

They asked each other of their welfare.  Exodus 18 .

5. Opposed to some as,"some fell among thorns - but other fell into good ground."  Matthew 13 . 6. The next. 7. The third part.

Other is used as a substitute for a noun, and in this use has the plural number, and the sign of the possessive case.

- The fool and the brutish person die, and leave their wealth to others.  Psalms 49 .

What do ye more than others?  Matthew 5 .

We were children of wrath even as others.  Ephesians 2 .

The confusion arises, when the one will put their sickle into the other's harvest.

With the sign of the possessive, other is preceded by the, as in the last example.

Other is sometimes put elliptically for other thing. From such a man, we can expect no other.

The other day, at a certain time past, not distant but indefinite not long ago.

Webster's Dictionary [3]

(1): ( pron. & a.) Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.

(2): ( pron. & a.) Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.

(3): ( conj.) Either; - used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).

(4): ( pron. & a.) Alternate; second; - used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.

(5): ( pron. & a.) Left, as opposed to right.

(6): ( adv.) Otherwise.

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