ἀμφότερος

(Locr. ἀμφόταρος IG 9(1).334.39), α, ον, (ἄμφω) rare in sg.,

1.either, i.e. both of two (opp. ἑκάτερος each one of two), ἀμφοτέρας κοινὸν αἴας common to either land, A. Pers. 131; ποίημα ἢ πάθος ἢ ἀμφότερον or partaking of both, Pl. Sph. 248d; τὸ ἀμφότερον ἑκατέρῳ οὐχ ἕπεται Id. Hp.Ma. 302e.

2. Hom. has sg. only neut. ἀμφότερον as Adv., foll. by τε.. καί; ἀ. βασιλεύς τ’ ἀγαθὸς κρατερός τ’ αἰχμητής both together, prince as well as warrior, ib. 3.179; ἀ. γενεῇ τε καὶ οὕνεκα.. Il. 4.60; foll. by τε.. δέ.., Pi. P. 4.79: also neut. pl., ἀμφότερα μένειν πέμπειν τε A. Eu. 480; φιλοχρήματος καὶ φιλότιμος, ἤτοι τὰ ἕτερα τούτων ἢ ἀ. Pl. Phd. 68c; ἀ. ἄριστος καὶ στρατηγὸς καὶ ῥαψῳδός Ion 541b; by τε.. καί.., Pi. O. 1.104.

3. dual in Hom., as ἀ. Αἴαντε Il. 12.265, al., less freq. in later writers, X. An. 1.1.1, Pl. Prm. 143c, Isoc. 4.134, etc.; but pl. is much more freq., and is found with a dual Noun, χεῖρε πετάσσας ἀμφοτέρας Il. 21.115. - Phrases: κατ’ ἀμφότερα on both sides, Hdt. 7.10. β, Pl. Prm. 159a; ἐπ’ ἀμφότερα towards both sides, both ways, Hdt. 3.87, al., Th. 1.83, al.; ἀμφότερα, abs., on both sides, ib. 13, al.; ἀπ’ ἀμφοτέρων from or on both sides, Ξέρξεω ἀπ’ ἀ. ἀδελφεός Hdt. 7.97; παρ’ ἀμφοτέρων D.S. 16.7, al.; μετ’ ἀμφοτέροισι one with another (s.v.l.), Theoc. 12.12; ἀμφοτέροις βλέπειν (sc. ὄμμασι) Call. Epigr. 32.6; ἀμφοτέραις, -ῃσι (sc. χερσί) Od. 10.264; ἐπ’ ἀμφοτέροις βεβακώς (sc. ποσί) Theoc. 14.66.

II later, of more than two, all together, Act 19:16, PLond. 2.336.13 (ii A.D.).

ἀμφότεροι amphoteroi 14x

    both. Only plural in the NT. both.

G297 — ἀμφότεροι

(from Homer down), both of two, both the one and the other: Mat 9:17, etc.; τά ἀμφότερα, Act 23:8; Eph 2:14.

ἀμφότεροι , - αι , - α

(replaces ἄμφω in κοινή ,, V. M , Pr., 57; used of more than two, Pr., 80; MM , VGT , s.v. ), both of two: Mat 9:17, al.

詞類次數：形容詞（14）

原文字根：封套（更多） 相當於：H8147（שְׁנַיִם‎）

字義溯源：雙方，兩者，兩人，兩樣，所有；源自（G292（ἀμύνομαι）X*=環繞）。

同義字：1）G297（ἀμφότεροι）雙方 2）G537（ἅπας）全部 3）G3648（ὁλόκληρος）完備的 4）G3650（ὅλος）整個 5）G3956（πᾶς）一切

出現次數：總共（14）；太（3）；路（5）；徒（3）；弗（3）

譯字彙編：

1）兩人（5）路1:7；路6:39；路7:42；徒8:38；徒19:16；

2）雙方（3）弗2:14；弗2:16；弗2:18；

3）兩樣（3）太9:17；太13:30；徒23:8；

4）兩個人（2）太15:14；路1:6；

5）兩隻（1）路5:7