Other

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: other, others. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “other” or one of its forms.

• אַחֵר achêr92
• ἄλλος állos68
• ἕτερος héteros43
• אֶחָד echâd28
• שֵׁנִי shênî20
• בֵּן bên19
• λοιποί loipoí17
• כֹּל kôl15
• עוֹד ôd12
• πέραν péran12
• אֵלֶּה êl-leh11
• עַם am9

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• אַחֵר achêranothertranslated this way 92 times of its 164 uses · Strong’s H312Adjective  ·  Translated: other 79, another 46, others 9, more 4

  Genesis 41:3 After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.

  Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before Me.

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• אֶחָד echâdonetranslated this way 28 times of its 855 uses · Strong’s H259Number  ·  Translated: one 278, first 43, and one 43, a 36

  Exodus 18:4 The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

  Leviticus 5:7 If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons — one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

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• שֵׁנִי shênîsecondtranslated this way 20 times of its 147 uses · Strong’s H8145Number  ·  Translated: second 91, other 20, another 13, second time 7

  Genesis 4:19 And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

  Exodus 25:12 Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

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• בֵּן bênsontranslated this way 19 times of its 4,587 uses · Strong’s H1121Noun  ·  Translated: son 1,843, sons 892, Israelites 422, descendants 358

  Genesis 11:11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

  Genesis 11:13 And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 15 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196

  Genesis 43:34 When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.

  Exodus 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

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• עוֹד ôda going round, continuancetranslated this way 12 times of its 390 uses · Strong’s H5750Adverb  ·  Translated: longer 80, still 63, again 52, more 38

  Deuteronomy 4:35 You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.

  1 Kings 8:60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

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• אֵלֶּה êl-lehthesetranslated this way 11 times of its 693 uses · Strong’s H428Pronoun  ·  Translated: these 377, things 36, of these 28, this 25Full study and all 655 verses →
• עַם ampeopletranslated this way 9 times of its 1,751 uses · Strong’s H5971Noun  ·  Translated: people 1,346, peoples 111, troops 89, nations 65

  Exodus 33:16 For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

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• רֵעַ rêashouting, roartranslated this way 8 times of its 185 uses · Strong’s H7453Noun  ·  Translated: neighbor 60, another 30, friend 26, neighbor's 22

  Genesis 15:10 So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.

  Exodus 18:7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

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• עֵבֶר êberregion across or beyond, sidetranslated this way 8 times of its 80 uses · Strong’s H5676Noun  ·  Translated: beyond 23, across 15, side 11, other side 8

  Numbers 21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.

  Joshua 7:7 “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

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• זֶה zehthis, thattranslated this way 6 times of its 984 uses · Strong’s H2088Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 478, in this 42, these 39, of this 27

  Exodus 14:20 so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

  Exodus 37:8 one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

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• אָח âchbrothertranslated this way 5 times of its 615 uses · Strong’s H251Noun  ·  Translated: brothers 234, brother 211, relatives 36, brother's 18

  Genesis 26:31 And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

  Exodus 25:20 And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.

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• קָצֶה qâtsehend, extremitytranslated this way 5 times of its 88 uses · Strong’s H7097Noun  ·  Translated: end 25, ends 14, edge 9, outskirts 6

  Genesis 47:21 and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.

  Exodus 36:33 He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.

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• חֵצִי chêtsîhalftranslated this way 5 times of its 122 uses · Strong’s H2677Noun  ·  Translated: half 66, half-tribe 23, other half 4, half cubits 4

  Exodus 24:6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.

  Joshua 22:7 (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,

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• שְׁנַיִם shenayimtwotranslated this way 5 times of its 642 uses · Strong’s H8147Number  ·  Translated: two 364, twelve 68, both 33, 12 25

  Exodus 28:25 and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

  Judges 9:44 Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.

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• זֶבַח zebachsacrificetranslated this way 5 times of its 121 uses · Strong’s H2077Noun  ·  Translated: sacrifices 55, sacrifice 49, offerings 6, other sacrifices 5

  Deuteronomy 12:27 Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.

  1 Chronicles 29:21 The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

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• אֶרֶץ eretsearth, landtranslated this way 5 times of its 2,375 uses · Strong’s H776Noun  ·  Translated: land 1,483, earth 564, ground 119, lands 41Full study and all 2,120 verses →
• לֹא lônottranslated this way 4 times of its 4,657 uses · Strong’s H3808Adverb  ·  Translated: no 309, not 269, never 218, will not 156Full study and all 3,775 verses →
• אָדָם âdâmman, mankindtranslated this way 4 times of its 509 uses · Strong’s H120Noun  ·  Translated: man 311, men 75, mankind 21, human 18

  Leviticus 24:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

  Judges 16:7 Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”

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• חָמֵשׁ châmêshfivetranslated this way 3 times of its 249 uses · Strong’s H2568Number  ·  Translated: five 148, fifteenth 16, fifteen 14, 25 000 14

  Exodus 26:3 Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

  1 Chronicles 3:20 and five others: Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.

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• כְּלִי kelîarticle, utensil, vesseltranslated this way 3 times of its 282 uses · Strong’s H3627Noun  ·  Translated: articles 59, utensils 32, weapons 20, furnishings 15Full study and all 255 verses →
• גּוֹי gôynation, peopletranslated this way 3 times of its 553 uses · Strong’s H1471Noun  ·  Translated: nations 406, nation 114, people 4, peoples 3Full study and all 507 verses →
• יֶתֶר yetherremainder, excellence, excesstranslated this way 3 times of its 97 uses · Strong’s H3499Noun  ·  Translated: rest 64, remnant 6, bowstrings 3, left 3Full study and all 93 verses →
• שֶׁבַע shebaseventranslated this way 2 times of its 333 uses · Strong’s H7651Number  ·  Translated: seven 257, seventh 9, seventeenth 6, seventeen 5Full study and all 297 verses →
• קָצָה qâtsâhendtranslated this way 2 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H7098Noun  ·  Translated: corners 10, ends 9, end 4, other 2Full study and all 29 verses →
• בִּלְעֲדֵי bilădêapart from, except, withouttranslated this way 2 times of its 17 uses · Strong’s H1107Preposition  ·  Translated: but me 5, cannot 2, other 2, besides 2Full study and all 16 verses →
• אָוָה âvâhincline, desiretranslated this way 2 times of its 25 uses · Strong’s H183Verb  ·  Translated: desires 4, desire 3, desired 3, crave 2Full study and all 25 verses →
• חַי chayalive, livingtranslated this way 2 times of its 485 uses · Strong’s H2416Noun  ·  Translated: life 112, lives 62, living 59, live 53Full study and all 441 verses →
• עִיר îrexcitementtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,034 uses · Strong’s H5892Noun  ·  Translated: city 583, cities 344, towns 21, town 13Full study and all 925 verses →
• רָאָה rââhseetranslated this way 2 times of its 1,266 uses · Strong’s H7200Verb  ·  Translated: see 354, saw 285, seen 124, look 45Full study and all 1,181 verses →
• שַׂר sarchieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, princetranslated this way 2 times of its 401 uses · Strong’s H8269Noun  ·  Translated: commanders 74, officials 67, princes 63, commander 39Full study and all 366 verses →
• אֱנוֹשׁ ĕnôshman, mankindtranslated this way 2 times of its 470 uses · Strong’s H582Noun  ·  Translated: men 368, man 25, people 5, husbands 4Full study and all 447 verses →
• הֵם hêmthey, themtranslated this way 2 times of its 428 uses · Strong’s H1992Pronoun  ·  Translated: they 189, in those 31, and they 19, but they 17Full study and all 405 verses →
• אֲשֶׁר ăsherparticle of relationtranslated this way 2 times of its 3,225 uses · Strong’s H834Pronoun  ·  Translated: that 886, who 451, as 247, which 160Full study and all 2,844 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ἄλλος állosother, another, differenttranslated this way 68 times of its 145 uses · Strong’s G243Adjective  ·  Translated: another 42, other 33, others 33, someone else 6Full study and all 130 verses →
• ἕτερος héterosanother, differenttranslated this way 43 times of its 96 uses · Strong’s G2087Adjective  ·  Translated: another 32, other 26, others 17, different 5Full study and all 91 verses →
• λοιποί loipoíleft, left behind, the remaindertranslated this way 17 times of its 40 uses · Strong’s G3062Adjective  ·  Translated: rest 16, others 8, other 7, else 4Full study and all 40 verses →
• πέραν péranover, beyondtranslated this way 12 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s G4008Preposition  ·  Translated: other side 12, beyond 7, across 3, region beyond 1Full study and all 23 verses →
• ἀλλήλων allḗlōnone anothertranslated this way 9 times of its 92 uses · Strong’s G240Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun  ·  Translated: another 72, other 7, themselves 3, another's 2Full study and all 88 verses →
• ὁ hothetranslated this way 4 times of its 9,898 uses · Strong’s G3588Article  ·  Translated: the 6,410, of the 748, of 344, who 329Full study and all 5,117 verses →
• ὅς hóswho, which, what, thattranslated this way 4 times of its 866 uses · Strong’s G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun  ·  Translated: which 107, what 107, whom 100, who 94Full study and all 777 verses →
• ἀλλότριος allótriosbelonging to another person, foreigntranslated this way 4 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s G245Adjective  ·  Translated: others 4, foreign 2Full study and all 13 verses →
• τὶς tìsany one, some onetranslated this way 3 times of its 449 uses · Strong’s G5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun  ·  Translated: some 96, anyone 96, a 65, anything 30Full study and all 420 verses →
• ἀντιπαρέρχομαι antiparérchomaiI pass oppositetranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s G492Verb  ·  Translated: passed by on the other side 2Full study and all 2 verses →

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.