Comparing ALLOS and hETEROS

Rick Stamp rickstamp at gmx.net
Wed Jun 27 00:15:46 EDT 2001


> I've heard arguments for certain doctrines based on the usage of ALLOS and
> hETEROS. ALLOS can mean, supposedly, "another of the same kind," while
> hETEROS can mean "another of a different kind." 
> Brandon C. Wason

Brandon, please consider:

Hom. Il. 13.64 
"Therewith the Enfolder and Shaker of Earth smote the twain 
with his staff, and filled them with valorous strength and made 
their limbs light, their feet and their hands above. And himself, 
even as a hawk, swift of flight, speedeth forth to fly, and 
poising himself aloft above a high sheer rock, darteth over 
the plain to chase some other bird; [ORNEON ALLO]" 

Here is an instance of ALLOS used of two who were "birds", 
but Poseidon who merely transforms himself into a bird's 
appearance (but remains a god) is ALLOS "some other [real] 
bird." 


Lu 14:31 - "Or what king, marching to meet another [hETERW] king 
in war..."  BDAG, page 399 "other of two, contrasting a definite 
person or thing."

Here two persons that are being differentiated as definite 
persons are modified with hETEROS, not ALLOS. 

Sincerely,
Rick Stamp


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