Strong G2083ἑταῖρος
friend
- Transliteration
- hetairos
- Pronunciation
- het-ah'ee-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From ἔτης etēs (a clansman); a comrade: - fellow friend.
Detailed definition
ἑταῖρος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ and cognate forms, also Sir.11:6 37:2 ff., al.;]
a companion, comrade: Mat.11:16 (WH, ἑτέροις); voc., as term of address, my friend: Mat.20:13 22:12 26:50.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ and cognate forms, also Sir.11:6 37:2 ff., al.;]
a companion, comrade: Mat.11:16 (WH, ἑτέροις); voc., as term of address, my friend: Mat.20:13 22:12 26:50.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2083 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- friend3
- fellow1
First verses
- Matthew 11:16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
- Matthew 20:13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
- Matthew 22:12And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
- Matthew 26:50And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἑταῖρ-ος,
Epic dialect and Doric dialect also ἕγᾰρος, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Cleobulus Lyricus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.93, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 988 (Lyric poetry))], ὁ:— comrade, companion, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] especially of the followers of a chief, comrades-in-arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.179, +others)]; messmate, [Refs (17.577)]; fellowslave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.407, +others: joined with ἀνήρ, 8.584, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.95, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18)]; later, as a term of address, φίλ᾽ ἑταῖρε [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 753, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482a)]; ὦταῖρε Scol. cited in [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1238, cf. NT.Matt.20.13, +others: with _genitive_, δᾳιτὸς ἑταῖρε)] partner of my feast, [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 436; νυκτὸς ἑ. [prev. work] 290)]; πόσιος καὶ βρώσιος ἑταῖροι messmates, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 115; ἑ. ἐν πρήγματι [prev. author] 116.)]
2 metaphorically, of things, ἐσθλὸς ἑταῖρος, of a fair wind, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.7, 12.149; φθόνος κενεοφρόνων ἑ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 212; γέλως ἑ. ὕβρεων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.622b: with _dative_, βίον..τὸν σοφοῖς ἕταρον “Anthologia Graeca” 7.470 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
3 pupil, disciple, e.g. of Socrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.1, +others, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1274a28; Λεύκιππος καὶ ὁ ἑ. αὐτοῦ Δημόκριτος [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 985b4)]: plural, fellow-pupils, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.45.)]
4 of political partisans [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ἑταιρεία 1.2), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.43, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48)]; οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν ἑ. his club-mates, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.20.)]
5 members of a religious guild, [Refs (“OGI” 573.1 (Cilicia, Jewish).)]
6 rarely of lovers, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 912 (Lyric poetry).)]
7 ἑταῖροι, οἱ, the guards, i.e. the cavalry of the Macedonian kings, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 217, Anaximen.Lamps. cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus)] see at {πεζέταιρος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 3.16.11, etc.)]; to be distinguished from the king's immediate retinue (compare above [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (1), Theopomp. [same place], 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.12.6, +others)]; of the [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Comites” of the Roman Emperor, Βαρβίλλῳ τῷ ἐμῷ ἑτέρῳ (sic) “PLond.” 1912.105 (Epist. Claudii), compare “SIG” 798.6 (Cyzicus, 1st c.AD, _plural_).)]
8 as adjective, associate of, τὸ ἐπιθυμητικὸν ἡδονῶν ἑ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439d: _superlative_, τοῖς σεαυτοῦ ἑταιροτάτοις)] your closest companions, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 487d, compare “Phd.” 89e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 1.44)]; σαργῶν γένος πέτρῃσιν ἑ. constant to the rocks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 4.267)]: absolutely, of animals, gregarious, [Refs ([prev. author] “C.” 2.325.)]
II ἑταίρα, Ionic dialect ἑταίρη, Epic dialect ἑτάρη [ᾰ], ἡ, companion, Ἔρις..Ἄρεος..κασιγνήτη ἑτάρη τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.441; Λάτω καὶ Νιόβα μάλα μὲν φίλαι ἦσαν ἔ. 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 31, compare 11; φύζα, φόβου κρυόεντος ἑ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.2; φόρμιγξ.. ἣν ἄρα δαιτὶ θεοὶ ποίησαν ἑ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.271, compare “hymnus ad Mercurium” 478; Νίκην, ἣ χορικῶν ἐστιν ἑ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 589; μιμητικὴ..τῷ ἐν ἡμῖν ἑ. καὶ φίλη ἐστί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 603b)]; Ποσειδάωνος ἑ., of a submerged city, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 101.)]
II.2 courtesan, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.134, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 149, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.567a, 571d, etc.)]; opposed to πόρνη (a common prostitute), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.1)]; opposed to γαμετή, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ({5-6th c.BC}: Philetaerus Comicus 5; Ἀφροδίτη ἑ. Apollod.Hist. 17.)]
Epic dialect and Doric dialect also ἕγᾰρος, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Cleobulus Lyricus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.93, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 988 (Lyric poetry))], ὁ:— comrade, companion, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] especially of the followers of a chief, comrades-in-arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.179, +others)]; messmate, [Refs (17.577)]; fellowslave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.407, +others: joined with ἀνήρ, 8.584, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.95, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18)]; later, as a term of address, φίλ᾽ ἑταῖρε [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 753, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482a)]; ὦταῖρε Scol. cited in [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1238, cf. NT.Matt.20.13, +others: with _genitive_, δᾳιτὸς ἑταῖρε)] partner of my feast, [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 436; νυκτὸς ἑ. [prev. work] 290)]; πόσιος καὶ βρώσιος ἑταῖροι messmates, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 115; ἑ. ἐν πρήγματι [prev. author] 116.)]
2 metaphorically, of things, ἐσθλὸς ἑταῖρος, of a fair wind, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.7, 12.149; φθόνος κενεοφρόνων ἑ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 212; γέλως ἑ. ὕβρεων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.622b: with _dative_, βίον..τὸν σοφοῖς ἕταρον “Anthologia Graeca” 7.470 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
3 pupil, disciple, e.g. of Socrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.8.1, +others, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1274a28; Λεύκιππος καὶ ὁ ἑ. αὐτοῦ Δημόκριτος [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 985b4)]: plural, fellow-pupils, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.45.)]
4 of political partisans [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ἑταιρεία 1.2), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.43, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48)]; οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν ἑ. his club-mates, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.20.)]
5 members of a religious guild, [Refs (“OGI” 573.1 (Cilicia, Jewish).)]
6 rarely of lovers, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 912 (Lyric poetry).)]
7 ἑταῖροι, οἱ, the guards, i.e. the cavalry of the Macedonian kings, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 217, Anaximen.Lamps. cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus)] see at {πεζέταιρος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 3.16.11, etc.)]; to be distinguished from the king's immediate retinue (compare above [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (1), Theopomp. [same place], 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.12.6, +others)]; of the [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Comites” of the Roman Emperor, Βαρβίλλῳ τῷ ἐμῷ ἑτέρῳ (sic) “PLond.” 1912.105 (Epist. Claudii), compare “SIG” 798.6 (Cyzicus, 1st c.AD, _plural_).)]
8 as adjective, associate of, τὸ ἐπιθυμητικὸν ἡδονῶν ἑ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439d: _superlative_, τοῖς σεαυτοῦ ἑταιροτάτοις)] your closest companions, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 487d, compare “Phd.” 89e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 1.44)]; σαργῶν γένος πέτρῃσιν ἑ. constant to the rocks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 4.267)]: absolutely, of animals, gregarious, [Refs ([prev. author] “C.” 2.325.)]
II ἑταίρα, Ionic dialect ἑταίρη, Epic dialect ἑτάρη [ᾰ], ἡ, companion, Ἔρις..Ἄρεος..κασιγνήτη ἑτάρη τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.441; Λάτω καὶ Νιόβα μάλα μὲν φίλαι ἦσαν ἔ. 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 31, compare 11; φύζα, φόβου κρυόεντος ἑ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.2; φόρμιγξ.. ἣν ἄρα δαιτὶ θεοὶ ποίησαν ἑ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.271, compare “hymnus ad Mercurium” 478; Νίκην, ἣ χορικῶν ἐστιν ἑ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 589; μιμητικὴ..τῷ ἐν ἡμῖν ἑ. καὶ φίλη ἐστί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 603b)]; Ποσειδάωνος ἑ., of a submerged city, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 101.)]
II.2 courtesan, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.134, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 149, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.567a, 571d, etc.)]; opposed to πόρνη (a common prostitute), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.1)]; opposed to γαμετή, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ({5-6th c.BC}: Philetaerus Comicus 5; Ἀφροδίτη ἑ. Apollod.Hist. 17.)]