ἀλλήλων
one another
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Reciprocal pronoun
- Expresses mutual action (“one another”).
Case
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms
- Reciprocal pronoun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine 67 times (67%)
- Reciprocal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine 18 times (18%)
- Reciprocal pronoun, Dative, Plural, Masculine 11 times (11%)
- Reciprocal pronoun, Dative, Plural, Neuter 2 times (2%)
- Reciprocal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Neuter 2 times (2%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 100 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where G240 appears — 94 distinct verses across 21 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 2 verses
- Matthew 24:10 ἀλλήλους ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc recip.pron acc pl masc Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
- Matthew 25:32 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl neut Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Mark 5 verses
- Mark 4:41 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
- Mark 8:16 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no bread."
- Mark 9:34 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
- Mark 9:50 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl masc Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
- Mark 15:31 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself.
Luke 11 verses
- Luke 2:15 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."
- Luke 4:36 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"
- Luke 6:11 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.
- Luke 7:32 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl neut They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'
- Luke 8:25 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
- Luke 12:1 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Luke 20:14 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
- Luke 23:12 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.
- Luke 24:14 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.
- Luke 24:17 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"
- Luke 24:32 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?"
John 14 verses
- John 4:33 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"
- John 5:44 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- John 6:43 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc Therefore Jesus answered them, "Don't murmur among yourselves.
- John 6:52 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
- John 11:56 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at all?"
- John 13:14 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
- John 13:22 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke.
- John 13:34 ἀλλήλους ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc recip.pron acc pl masc A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
- John 13:35 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl masc By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
- John 15:12 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
- John 15:17 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc "I command these things to you, that you may love one another.
- John 16:17 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;' and, 'Because I go to the Father?'"
- John 16:19 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, "Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?'
- John 19:24 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
Acts 8 verses
- Acts 4:15 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
- Acts 7:26 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc "The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'
- Acts 15:39 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away to Cyprus,
- Acts 19:38 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl masc If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
- Acts 21:6 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.
- Acts 26:31 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."
- Acts 28:4 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live."
- Acts 28:25 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,
Romans 13 verses
- Romans 1:12 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl masc that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
- Romans 1:27 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.
- Romans 2:15 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
- Romans 12:5 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
- Romans 12:10 ἀλλήλους ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc recip.pron acc pl masc In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
- Romans 12:16 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.
- Romans 13:8 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- Romans 14:13 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.
- Romans 14:19 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
- Romans 15:5 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl masc Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,
- Romans 15:7 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Therefore receive one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.
- Romans 15:14 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.
- Romans 16:16 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Greet one another with a holy kiss. The assemblies of Christ greet you.
1 Corinthians 4 verses
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Don't deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn't tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
- 1 Corinthians 11:33 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.
- 1 Corinthians 12:25 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl neut that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.
- 1 Corinthians 16:20 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
2 Corinthians 1 verse
Galatians 5 verses
- Galatians 5:13 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl masc For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
- Galatians 5:15 ἀλλήλους ἀλλήλων recip.pron acc pl masc recip.pron gen pl masc But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another.
- Galatians 5:17 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl neut For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one other, that you may not do the things that you desire.
- Galatians 5:26 ἀλλήλους ἀλλήλοις recip.pron acc pl masc recip.pron dat pl masc Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
- Galatians 6:2 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Ephesians 4 verses
- Ephesians 4:2 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
- Ephesians 4:25 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members one of another.
- Ephesians 4:32 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
- Ephesians 5:21 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl masc subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
Philippians 1 verse
Colossians 2 verses
- Colossians 3:9 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
- Colossians 3:13 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
1 Thessalonians 5 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Therefore comfort one another with these words.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.
2 Thessalonians 1 verse
Titus 1 verse
Hebrews 1 verse
James 3 verses
- James 4:11 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
- James 5:9 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
- James 5:16 ἀλλήλοις ἀλλήλων recip.pron dat pl masc recip.pron gen pl masc Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.
1 Peter 4 verses
- 1 Peter 1:22 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
- 1 Peter 4:9 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Be hospitable one to another without grumbling.
- 1 Peter 5:5 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl masc Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
- 1 Peter 5:14 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
1 John 6 verses
- 1 John 1:7 ἀλλήλων recip.pron gen pl masc But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
- 1 John 3:11 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
- 1 John 3:23 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
- 1 John 4:7 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
- 1 John 4:11 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
- 1 John 4:12 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
2 John 1 verse
Revelation 2 verses
- Revelation 6:4 ἀλλήλους recip.pron acc pl masc Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.
- Revelation 11:10 ἀλλήλοις recip.pron dat pl masc Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“one another” is the headline sense of the Greek word αλληλων (allḗlōn). First canonically at Matthew 24:10, it enters the text early. The Greek New Testament uses it across 94 verses — moderately common. It shares a root with αλλος, αλλα and αλλασσω. See the sense tree, 94-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G240 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 94
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 94 distinct verses.
- 21 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 21 of 27 New Testament books.
- #165
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Greek words (rank 165 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 94 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 94 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 37 verses · 39%
- Gospels 32 verses · 34%
- Johannine 23 verses · 24%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 19 verses · 20%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 14 verses · 15%
- Revelation 2 verses · 2%
- Hebrews 1 verse · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: One another 34×, Themselves 12×, Another 10×
- American Standard Version: One another 37×, Another 35×, One 17×
- Berean Standard Bible: One another 69×, Each other 7×, Themselves 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: One another 69×, Each other 20×, Themselves 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G240 across 89 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 21 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G240 across 114 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G240 across 92 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G240 across 102 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- one another, reciprocally, mutually
Word origin
Derived from αλλος (állos) (G243) — another.
Forms in the corpus
The 3 distinct written forms G240 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀλλήλους allḗlous | Reciprocal pronoun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 24:10 | 67 |
| ἀλλήλων allḗlōn | Reciprocal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine | Luke 23:12 | 20 |
| ἀλλήλοις allḗlois | Reciprocal pronoun, Dative, Plural, Masculine | Mark 9:50 | 13 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G240, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- αλλα allá G235 but
- αλλασσω allássō G236 to change
- αλλαχοθεν allachóthen G237 from another place
- αλληγορεω allēgoréō G238 to speak allegorically
- αλλογενης allogenḗs G241 foreigner
- αλλοτριος allótrios G245 foreign
- αλλοφυλος allóphylos G246 foreign
- αλλως állōs G247 otherwise
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
