Lexicon
ἡμέτερος
hēmeteros
G2251
G:S-1 Greek

our

7
Occurrences
5
Books
Greek
Language

Hemeteros marks fellowship, sins, words, religion, tongues, instruction, or people as belonging to the speaker’s group.

The attested use consistently marks something as belonging to the speaker’s group: fellowship and sins, words and religious affiliation, tongues and instruction, and a group of people.

Senses in use

  1. Belonging to the speaker’s group · dominant

    Across the occurrences, the adjective identifies a shared group relation. In 1 John 1:3 the APB renders a fellowship shared with the proclaimers; in 1 John 2:2 it distinguishes the sins of that group from those of the whole world; and in 2 Timothy 4:15 it identifies words opposed by a particular man. The same relation appears with a religious affiliation in Acts 26:5, languages in Acts 2:11, instruction in Romans 15:4, and people urged toward good works in Titus 3:14.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly expresses the group relationship with possessive wording, as in the clauses about fellowship, sins, words, religion, tongues, instruction, and people. These renderings show the verse-level relationship rather than a fixed English equivalent.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture