Foreign, Foreigner
Foreign, Foreigner
an adverb, signifying “outside, without,” is used in Act 26:11, RV, “foreign,” for AV “strange,” of cities beyond the limits of Palestine, lit., “unto (the) cities without,” including Damascus. See FORTH, OUTWARD, STRANGE, WITHOUT.
Note: In Eph 2:19, paroikos, lit., “dwelling near” (para, “near,” oikos, a “dwelling”), denotes “an alien, a sojourner,” in contrast to fellow-citizens, RV, “sojourners” (AV, “foreigners”); in 1Pe 2:11, AV, “strangers;” see also Act 7:6, Act 7:29. See SOJOURNER, STRANGER. Cp. allotrios, e.g., Act 7:6; Heb 11:9, Heb 11:34; allophulos, Act 10:28; xenos, Mat 25:35, Mat 25:38, Mat 25:43; Mat 27:7; Act 17:21, etc.