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numerical difference and denotes “another of the same sort”;
expresses a
qualitative difference and denotes “another of a different sort.” Christ promised to send
“another Comforter” (
, “another like Himself,” not
), John 14:16. Paul says “I
see a different (
KJV
, “another”) law,”
, a law different from that of the spirit of life
(not
, “a law of the same sort”), Rom. 7:23. After Joseph’s death “another king
arose,”
, one of quite a different character, Acts 7:18. Paul speaks of “a different
gospel (
), which is not another” (
, another like the one he preached), Gal. 1:6-
7. See
(not
) in Matt. 11:3, and Acts 27:1; in Luke 23:32
is used of
the two malefactors crucified with Christ. The two words are only apparently
interchanged in 1 Cor. 1:16 and 6:1; 12:8-10; 14:17 and 19, e.g., the difference being
present, though not so readily discernible.
They are not interchangeable in 1 Cor. 15:39-41; here
is used to distinguish
the heavenly glory from the earthly, for these differ in genus, and
to distinguish the
flesh of men, birds, and fishes, which in each case is flesh differing not in genus but in
species.
*
is used again to distinguish between the glories of the heavenly bodies, for
these also differ not in kind but in degree only. For
, see
MORE
,
OTHER
etc. For
, see
OTHER
,
STRANGE
.
Note:
The distinction comes out in the compounds of
, viz.,
,
“strange tongues,” 1 Cor. 14:21;¶;
, “to teach a different doctrine,” 1
Tim. 1:3; 6:3;¶;
$
, “to be unequally yoked” (i.e., with those of a different
character), 2 Cor. 6:14.¶
ANSWER
A. Nouns.
1.
(
$
, 612), lit., “a separation or distinction,” is the regular word for
“answer,” Luke 2:47; 20:26; John 1:22 and 19:9.¶
2.
(
$
, 610), akin to No. 1, denotes a judicial “sentence,” 2 Cor. 1:9,
KJV
, and
RV
, margin, or an “answer” (
RV
, text), an answer of God to the apostle’s appeal,
giving him strong confidence. In an ancient inscription it is used of an official decision.
In a papyrus document it is used of a reply to a deputation. See
SENTENCE
.¶
3.
(
$
, 5538), “a divine response, an oracle,” is used in Rom.
11:4, of the answer given by God to Elijah’s complaint against Israel.¶ See the verb under
CALL
.
4.
(
&
, 627), a “verbal defense, a speech in defense,” is sometimes
translated “answer,” in the
KJV
, Acts 25:16; 1 Cor. 9:3; 2 Tim. 4:16, all which the
RV
¶ Indicates that all the NT occurrences of the Greek word under consideration are
mentioned under the heading or sub-heading.