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Secondly

δεύτεροςStrong’s G1208

deuteros

Appears in 43 verses of the New Testament

In short

Deuteros is the Greek word usually translated “second”, “second time” and “secondly”. It appears in 43 verses of the New Testament.

“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”
2 Thessalonians 3:18 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “second”, “second time” and “secondly”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • second 27
  • a second time 6
  • second time 5
  • a second 3
  • secondly 2
  • for a second 1
  • afterward 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Revelation 11
  • Acts 5
  • Hebrews 5
  • John 4
  • Matthew 3
  • Mark 3

14 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 43 verses, by book
1 Corinthians 2
12:2815:47
2 Corinthians 2
1:1513:2
2 Thessalonians 1
3:18
2 Timothy 1
4:22
Titus 1
3:10
2 Peter 1
3:1
Jude 1
1:5
Greek dictionary

δεύτερος deuteros · secondly

δεῦτερος, -α, -ον, second in order, with or without idea of time: Mat.22:26, 39, al.; θάνατος, Rev.2:11 20:14 21:8; χάρις, 2Co.1:15. In neut. as adv., secondly, a second time; opposite to πρῶτον: Jhn.3:4 21:16, 1Co.12:28, Rev.19:3; τὸ δ., 2Co.13:2, Ju 5; ἐν τ. δ., at the second time: Act.7:13; in later usage (as 1Ma.9:1), ἐκ δ., Mrk.14:72, Jhn.9:24, Act.11:9, Heb.9:28. (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “second” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SEC'OND, adjective

[L. secundus; L. sequor, to follow. See Seek.]

  1. That immediately follows the first; the mext following the first in order of place or time; the ordinal of two.
  2. Next in value, power, excellence, dignity or rank; inferior.
All definitions and other forms of “second”

    SEC'OND, noun

    1. One who attends another in a duel, to aid him, mark out the ground or destance, and see that all proceedings between the parties are fair.
    2. One that supports or maintains another; that which supports
    3. The sixtieth part of a minute or of a degree, that is, the second minute or small division next to the hour.
    4. In music, an interval of a conjoint degree, being the difference between any sound and the next nearest sound above ar below it.

    SEC'OND, verb transitive

    [L. secundo.]

    1. To follow in the next place.
    2. To support; to lend aid to the attempt of another; to assist' to forward; to promote; to encourage; to act as the maintainer.
    3. In legislation, to support, as a motion or the mover.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.