adjective
deuteros
Strong’sG1208
second, in the second place, for the second time
stem deuter-44 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books10 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
δεύτερος means second — next in order, whether in time, place, or rank 1234. It is used of things or people that come after a first, such as a second commandment, a second grace or favor, or a second death 13. The word can also express rank or position rather than time, one thing being "second" to another in importance 23.
The neuter form of the word is also used as an adverb meaning secondly or a second time, marking a repeated action or a second point in a sequence, as opposed to "firstly" 12. This adverbial use appears in phrases meaning "for the second time" or "the second time," including a set phrase built with "from" plus the word for "second" 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
δεῦτερος, -α, -ον,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1208 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddyoo'-ter-os
(ordinal) second (in time, place, or rank; also adverb)
Fromas the comparative of G1417;
King Jamesafterward, again, second(-arily, time).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
second, (perhaps from δύο with comparative termination):
I next in Order (with a notion of Time), in Refs 8th c.BC+ of one who comes in second in a race,Refsnext, Refs; οὔ μ᾽ ἔτι δ. ὧδε ἵξετ᾽ ἄχος no second grief, i.e. none hereafter like this, Refs; as comparative, with genitive, ἐμεῖο δεύτεροι after my time, Refs; σοὶ δ᾽ οὐκέτι δ. ἔσται no second choice will be allowed thee, Refs 8th c.BC+; in Attic dialect and Trag. with Article, ὁ δ. Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ δ. πως φροντίδες σοφώτεραι second thoughts are wisest, Refs 5th c.BC+ the next best way, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 of Time, next, later, δ. χρόνῳ in after time, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἡμέρῃ on the next day, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἔτεϊ τούτων in the year after this, Refs adverb, δεύτερον αὖ, αὖτε, αὖτις, a second time, Refs 8th c.BC+: with the Article, τὸ δ. Refs 7th c.BC+; τὰ δ. κινδυνεύσοντας about to run the next dangers, Refs 5th c.BC+; later, ἐκ δευτέρου for the second time, NT+2nd c.BC+: regular adverb δευτέρως Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2.b ὁ δ. the younger, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II in Order or Rank (without any notion of Time), second, δ.μετ᾽ ἐκεῖνον Refs 5th c.BC+; πολὺ δ. μετά τι very much behind, Refs 5th c.BC+ second to none, Refs 5th c.BC+; logically or metaphysically posterior, πᾶν πλῆθος δ. ἐστι τοῦ ἑνός Refs 5th c.AD+; δεύτερ᾽ ἡγεῖσθαι think quite secondary, Refs 5th c.BC+; δεύτερον ἄγειν, δεύτερα ποιεῖσθαι, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἱερὸν δ. of the second class, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.2 the second of two, δ. αὐτή herself with another, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑπτὰ δ. σοφοί a second seven sages, Refs 3rd c.BC+; εἷς καὶ δ. unus et alter,Refs 1st c.AD+; δ. καὶ τρίτος two or three, Refs 2nd c.BC+; neuter as adverb, ἅπαξ καὶ δεύτερον once or twice, Refs 4th c.AD+ ad Ath.278c.
II.3 δ. ἀριθμός number whose prime factors are odd, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III as substantive, τὰ δ., ={δευτερεῖα}, the second prize or place, Refs 8th c.BC+
III.2 after-birth, Refs 1st c.AD+
III.3 δευτέρα σαββάτου (i.e. ἡμέρα) second day of the week, LXX
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
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Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | deuteros12×δεύτερος | deuteras3×δευτέρα | deuterem10×δεύτερον | deuterois | deuterais | deutereim |
| object accusative | deuteron | deuteran6×δευτέραν | deuteroin | deuterain | ||
| direct address vocative | deuteror | deuterar | deuteroir | deuterair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | deuterou2×δευτέρου | deuterau1×δευτέρας | deutereu6×δευτέρου | deuteroiu | deuteraiu | deutereiu |
| to, for dative | deutero2×δευτέρῳ | deutera1×δευτέρᾳ | deutere1×δευτέρῳ | deuteroi | deuterai | deuterei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
deuter is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
44 occurrences, every one of them listed
deuteros“second”subjectnominative singular12×
Matthew 22:26homoiōs kai tos deuteros kai tos tritos, heōs toiu hepta;The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the …
Mark 12:21kai tos deuteros labata autan, kai apothnēskata mē kataleiparantos …Then the second one married the widow, but he …
Luke 19:18kai erchata tos deuteros legarōntos; Tas mnas su, kurior, poiata …The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your …
Luke 20:30kai tos deuterosThen the second
1 Corinthians 15:47… prōtos anthrōpos ek gēau choikos, tos deuteros anthrōpos ek ouranou.… the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
Revelation 8:8Kai tos deuteros angelos salpizata; kai hōs orem megem …Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something …
Revelation 14:8Kai allosos deuteros angelos akolouthata legarōntos; Piptata, piptata Babulōnas …Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is …
Revelation 16:3Kai tos deuteros ekchata tan fialan autou eis tan …And the second angel poured out his bowl into …
Revelation 20:6… anastasia ta prōta; epi houtoiu tos deuteros thanatos ouk echatō exousian, alla eli …… share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them …
Revelation 20:14… teu pureu. houtos tos thanatos tos deuteros atō, tas limnas teu pureu.… lake of fire. This is the second death — the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:8… theie, hem atō tos thanatos tos deuteros.… fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Revelation 21:19… tos themelios tos prōtos iaspias, tos deuteros sapfiras, tos tritos chalkēdōnos, tos tetartos …… The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth …
deuterou“second”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Hebrews 9:28… eis tem polloiu anaferara hamartain, ek deuterou chōris hamartau horiti toi auton apekdechorōntoi …… many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to …
Revelation 2:11… mē adikiteia ek tou thanatou tou deuterou.… will not be harmed by the second death.
deutero“second”to, fordative singular2×
Matthew 21:30prosercharantos de to deutero legata hōsautōs; tos de apokrinirantos legata; …Then the man went to the second son and told him the same …
Acts 13:33… kai en to psalmo grafotē to deutero; Huios mu asō sis, mis sēmeron …… As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today …
deuteras“second”subjectnominative singular3×
Matthew 22:39Deuteras de homoias auta; Agapasi ton plēsion …And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor …
Mark 12:31deuteras houtas; Agapasi ton plēsion su hōs …The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as …
Revelation 11:14Tas ouai tas deuteras aperchata; idou tas ouai tas tritas …The second woe has passed. Behold, the third …
deuteran“second”objectaccusative singular6×
Acts 12:10diercharantois de prōtan fulakan kai deuteran erchala epi tan pulan tan sidērouan …They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron …
2 Corinthians 1:15“second”… boulome proterem pros vin erchara, hina deuteran charitan echaveia,… this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might …
Titus 3:10hairetikon anthrōpon meta henan kai deuteran nouthesian paraitosōr,… divisive man after a first and second admonition,
Hebrews 9:7eis de tan deuteran hapax tou eniautou monos tos archierevos, …… only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a …
2 Peter 3:1Houtan ēdē, agapētoir, deuteran vi grafamō epistolan, en hai diegeiramō …Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them …
Revelation 6:3Kai hote anoigata tan sfragidan tan deuteran, akouama teu deutereu zōeu legarōnteu; Erchosōr.And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living …
deuterau“second”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Hebrews 8:7… prōtas ekeinas ate amemptas, ouk an deuterau zētote topos;… would have been sought for a second.
deutera“second”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 12:38kan en ta deutera kan en ta trita fulaka erchateia …Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night …
deuterem“second”subject or objectdirect singular10×
John 3:4… eis tan koilian tau mētērau autou deuterem eiserchara kai gennira?… he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
John 4:54houtem de palin deuterem sēmem poiata tos Iēsus ercharantos ek …This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming …
John 21:16legatō auto palin deuterem; Simōnor Iōannou, agapasō min? legatō auto; …Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you …
1 Corinthians 12:28… theos en ta ekklēsa prōtem apostoloin, deuterem profētoin, tritem didaskaloin, epeita dunamiain, epeita …… has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of …
2 Corinthians 13:2prolegamē kai prolegamō hōs pareiarōntos tem deuterem kai apeiarōntos nun, toi proamartanarēntoi kai …I already warned you the second time I was with you. So …
Hebrews 9:3meta de tem deuterem katapetasmem skēnas tas legorōntas Hagieim Hagieiu,Behind the second curtain was a room called the …
Hebrews 10:9… su; anairatō tem prōtem hina tem deuterem stēateia.… away the first to establish the second.
Jude 1:5“afterward”… laon ek gēau Aiguptau sōzarantos tem deuterem toin mē pisteuarantoin apolata,… delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
Revelation 19:3“again”kai deuterem legalē; Hallēlouia; kai tos kapnos autau …And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
Revelation 4:7… tem prōtem homoiem leonto, kai tem deuterem zōem homoiem moscho, kai tem tritem …… creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had …
deutereu“second time”of, belonging togenitive singular6×
Matthew 26:42palin ek deutereu apercharantos proseucheta legarōntos; Patror mu, ei …A second time He went away and prayed …
Mark 14:72kai euthuos ek deutereu alektōros fōnata; kai anamimnēskita tos Petros …And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that …
John 9:24Fōnala oun ton anthrōpon ek deutereu hos ate tuflos kai legala auto; …So a second time they called for the man who …
Acts 10:15kai fōnas palin ek deutereu pros auton; Heim tos theos katharizata …The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that …
Acts 11:9apokrinita de fōnas ek deutereu ek tou ouranou; Heim tos theos …… the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that …
Revelation 6:3… tan sfragidan tan deuteran, akouama teu deutereu zōeu legarōnteu; Erchosōr.… the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
deutere“second”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 7:13kai en te deutere anagnōrizita Iōsēf toi adelfoi autou, kai …On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to …