Foreign
ἀλλογενήςStrong’s G0241allogenēs
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Allogenēs is the Greek word usually translated “foreigner”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.”
Meaning
Usually translated “foreigner”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- foreigner 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀλλογενής allogenēs · foreign
ἀλλογενής, -ές (ἄλλος, γένος), [in LXX chiefly for זוּר, נֵכָר ;] of another race, a foreigner ( = ἀλλόφυλος; Cremer, 150; MM, VGT, see word): Luk.17:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “foreign” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOREIGN, adjective
for'an. [Latin foris, foras.]
- Belonging to another nation or country; alien; not of the country in which one resides; extraneous.
- Produced in a distant country or jurisdiction; coming from another country; as foreign goods; goods of foreign manufacture; a foreign minister.
- Remote; not belonging; not connected; with to or from.
- Impertinent; not pertaining; not to the purpose.
All definitions
- Excluded; not admitted; held at a distance.
- Extraneous; adventitious; not native or natural.
- In law, a foreign attachment is an attachment of the goods of a foreigner within a city or liberty, for the satisfaction of a debt due from the foreigner to a citizen; or an attachment of the money or goods of a debtor, in the hands of another person.
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.