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Another, Different
Morrish Bible Dictionary
or Both ἄλλος and ἕτεος are translated in the A.V. by 'other' and 'another;' but their signification is not the same, and in some passages there is a marked difference. ἄλλος is 'another' or 'others' numerically: an officer says to one soldier, "Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh." Matthew 8:9 .
On the other hand, ἕτεος expresses 'a different kind.' John sent his disciples to ask the Lord if He was the coming one, or were they to look for a different one? Was He the One prophesied of in the O.T. Matthew 11:3 ? Christ is a priest of a different order, and came of a different tribe from Levi. Hebrews 7:11,13,15 . In Egypt there arose a different king that knew not Joseph, Acts 7:18; doubtless referring to one of a different dynasty. See also Acts 8:34 .
Both words occur in Galatians 1:6,7; Paul wondered that the Galatians were so quickly changing to a different (ἕτ.) gospel, which was not another (ἄλ.). Lest it should be supposed that Paul was admitting that there could really be another gospel than that he had preached to them, he uses ἄλλος with an emphatic negative, "which is not another." It is the absolute assertion that there was no other, nor could be: cf. also 2 Corinthians 11:4 .
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Another, Different'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/a/another-different.html. 1897.
