ἡμέτερος (G2251) — Greek Lexicon

ἡμέτερος

hēméteros

G2251 possessive determiner

SILEX Entry

Definition

pertaining to or belonging to us; used as a possessive adjective meaning 'our, belonging to us, of us.' The term indicates possession, relationship, or association with the speaker(s), and carries the nuance of collective ownership or identity when referring to multiple individuals. It can refer to things, persons, or abstract entities associated with the first person plural subject. Semantic range includes 'our, ours, belonging to us, originating from us.'

Semantic Range

our, ours, belonging to us, associated with us

Root / Etymology

Derived from the possessive pronoun ἡμῶν ('of us,' 'our'), which itself is from the first person plural pronoun ἡμεῖς ('we'), with the adjectival suffix -τερος which forms possessive or relational adjectives.

Historical & Contextual Notes

ἡμέτερος appears already in classical Greek (e.g. Homer, Herodotus) and carries a standard possessive-adjectival meaning ('our, belonging to us'). In Koine Greek, including the Septuagint and New Testament, the term retains this basic possessive sense but may be replaced by the genitive of the personal pronoun (ἡμῶν) for similar meaning. ἡμέτερος is sometimes used for emphasis or stylistic variation, particularly in literary or formal contexts such as speeches or letters (e.g., ὁ ἡμέτερος θεός, 'our god'). In NT usage the term is rare, as the genitive ἡμῶν is more frequent in possessive constructions. Some later manuscript traditions read 'your' for certain instances due to confusion with ὑμέτερος ('your, belonging to you [plural]'). English translations commonly render it 'our,' which adequately reflects the word's standard meaning; there is no nuance of exclusive or inclusive possession beyond the sense of the first person plural.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from θνητός; our:--our, your (by a different reading).

Root Family

ἡμέτερος (hēméteros) — belonging to us, our, of us

Root ἡμετ- belonging to us, our

Word Forms

7 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2	Occurrences
`G2251-07`	ἡμέτερον	emeteron	`DET.P 1P ACC M SG`	our	our	our	2
`G2251-01`	ἡμετέρα	emetera	`DET.P 1P NOM F SG`	our	our	our	1
`G2251-03`	ἡμετέραν	emeteran	`DET.P 1P ACC F SG`	our	our	our	1
`G2251-04`	ἡμετέρας	emeteras	`DET.P 1P GEN F SG`	our	of our	our	1
`G2251-02`	ἡμετέραις	emeterais	`DET.P 1P DAT F PL`	own	to our	our	1
`G2251-06`	ἡμετέροις	emeterois	`DET.P 1P DAT M PL`	our	to our	to our	1
`G2251-05`	ἡμέτεροι	emeteroi	`PRO.P 1P NOM M PL`	people	those who are ours	who are ours	1

Occurrences in Scripture

8 occurrences

Filter by SIDANCE:

SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2
`G2251-02`	Acts 2:11	ἡμετέραις	emeterais	`DET.P 1P DAT F PL`	own	to our	our
`G2251-07`	Acts 24:6	ἡμέτερον	emeteron	`DET.P 1P ACC M SG`	our	our	our
`G2251-04`	Acts 26:5	ἡμετέρας	emeteras	`DET.P 1P GEN F SG`	our	of our	our
`G2251-03`	Romans 15:4	ἡμετέραν	emeteran	`DET.P 1P ACC F SG`	our	our	our
`G2251-06`	2 Timothy 4:15	ἡμετέροις	emeterois	`DET.P 1P DAT M PL`	our	to our	to our
`G2251-05`	Titus 3:14	ἡμέτεροι	emeteroi	`PRO.P 1P NOM M PL`	people	those who are ours	who are ours
`G2251-01`	1 John 1:3	ἡμετέρα	emetera	`DET.P 1P NOM F SG`	our	our	our
`G2251-07`	1 John 2:2	ἡμετέρων	emeteron	`PRO.P 1P GEN F PL`	ours	our	our

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