ἀλλογενής
allogenḗs · G241 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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foreigner
A person belonging to a different socio-political group, with the implication of lack of kinship ties
ExamplesLuke 17:18 “Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
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In the other Testament 2 words
- זוּר zûwr · H2114 · stranger, outsider, strange
- Hebrew זוּר (zûwr, H2114) denotes foreignness or strangeness broadly (person, place, or thing), while Greek ἀλλογενής (allogenḗs, G241) specifically denotes ethnic foreignness in relation to Jewish identity.
- נֵכָר nêkâr · H5236 · foreign, foreigner
- נֵכָר (nêkâr, H5236) (נֵכָר, 'alien, strange') is the Hebrew equivalent denoting foreigners or strangers, directly corresponding to ἀλλογενής (allogenḗs, G241)'s sense of one who is foreign/not Jewish in ethnic-religious identity.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Foreigner11.76
- In Luke 17:18, Jesus asks, “Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner (allogenḗs)?” referring to the Samaritan leper, a man from a different nation than the other nine.
Word family 20 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ες (ἄλλος and γένος), sprung from another race, a foreigner, alien: Lk 17:18. (In the…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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