Foreign
ἀλλόφυλοςStrong’s G0246allophulos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Allophulos is the Greek word usually translated “foreign”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.”
Meaning
Usually translated “foreign”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to foreign 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἀλλόφυλος allophulos · foreign
ἀλλόφυλος, -ον (ἄλλος, φῦλον, a tribe), [in LXX chiefly for פְּלֶשֶׁת ;] foreign, of another race (MM, VGT, see word); as opposite to a Jew, a Gentile: Act.10:28.† (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.