noun · masculine
hetairos
Greekἑταῖρος (hetairos)
Strong’sG2083
a companion, comrade
stem hetair-3 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἑταῖρος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ and cognate forms, also Si 11:6 37:2ff., al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2083 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhet-ah'-ee-ros
a comrade
Fromfrom ἔτης (a clansman);
King Jamesfellow, friend.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hetairos | hetairois |
| object accusative | hetairon | hetairoin |
| direct address vocative | hetairor3×Ἑταῖρε | hetairoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | hetairou | hetairoiu |
| to, for dative | hetairo | hetairoi |
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
hetairo 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
hetairor“friend”direct addressvocative singular3×
Matthew 20:13“friend”tos de apokriniratos heno autoiu legata; Hetairor, ouk adikamō sin; ouchi dēnarieu sumfōnasa mi?But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
Matthew 22:12“friend”kai legatō auto; Hetairor, pōs eiserchasa hōde mē echarōtos endumem gamou? tos de fimita.‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
Matthew 26:50“friend”tos de Iēsus legata auto; Hetairor, epi hem pareiasō. tote prosercharatois epiballala tain cheirain epi ton Iēsun kai kratala auton.“Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.