Strong G245ἀλλότριος
another’s
- Transliteration
- allotrios
- Pronunciation
- al-lot'-ree-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G243; another's that is not one´ s own; by extension foreign not akin hostile: - alien (an-) other (man´ s men´ s) strange (-r).
Detailed definition
ἀλλότριος, -α, -ον
(ἄλλος), [in LXX for זוּר, נֵכָר, אַחֵר;]
1. be-longing to another, not one's own (opposite to ἴδιος): Luk.16:12, Rom.14:4 15:20 (Field, Notes, 165 f.), 2Co.10:15-16, 1Ti.5:22, Heb.9:25.
2. foreign, strange, alien (opposite to οἰκεῖος; see MM, VGT, see word): Mat.17:25-26, Jhn.10:5, Act.7:6, Heb.11:9, 34.†
(AS)
(ἄλλος), [in LXX for זוּר, נֵכָר, אַחֵר;]
1. be-longing to another, not one's own (opposite to ἴδιος): Luk.16:12, Rom.14:4 15:20 (Field, Notes, 165 f.), 2Co.10:15-16, 1Ti.5:22, Heb.9:25.
2. foreign, strange, alien (opposite to οἰκεῖος; see MM, VGT, see word): Mat.17:25-26, Jhn.10:5, Act.7:6, Heb.11:9, 34.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G245 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- man6
- stranger3
- alien1
- country1
- others1
- strange1
First verses
- Matthew 17:25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
- Matthew 17:26Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
- Luke 16:12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
- John 10:5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
- Acts 7:6And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
- Romans 14:4Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
- Romans 15:20Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
- 2 Corinthians 10:15Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
- 2 Corinthians 10:16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.
- 1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
- Hebrews 9:25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
- Hebrews 11:9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
- Hebrews 11:34Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀλλότριος,
Aeolic dialect ἀλλότερρος [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 529.24)], α, ον, (ἄλλος) of or belonging to another, βίοτος, νηῦς, ἄχεα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.160, 9.535, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.298)]; γυνή another man's wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 448 (Lyric poetry))]; ἀλλοτρίων χαρίσασθαι to be bountiful of what is another's, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.452)]; γναθμοῖσι γελοίων ἀλλοτρίοισιν with faces unlike their own, of a forced, unnatural laugh, [Refs ([prev. work] 20.347)]; ἀ. ὄμμασιν εἷρπον by the help of another's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 146(Lyric poetry))]; οὐκ ἀ. ἄτην not inflicted by other hands, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 1259)]; but ἀ. φόνος murder of a stranger[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((compare 11.1), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4b: proverbial, ἀ. ἀμᾶν θέρος)] reap where one has not sown, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 392, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 599)]; ἀλλοτριωτάτοις τοῖς σώμασιν χρῆσθαι deal with one's body as if it belonged to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]; τὰ ἀλλότρια, contraction τἀλλότρια, what belongs to others, not one's own, τἀ. ἀποστερεῖν, δειπνεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 4.1, Theopomp. Comedy texts 34.)]
II opposed to οἰκεῖος, foreign, strange,
II.1 of persons, ἀ. φώς stranger, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.219, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 481)]; almost = enemy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.214, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.102)]; οὐδέ τις ἀλλοτρίων no stranger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155; εἴτε ἀ. εἴτε οἰκεῖος ὁ τεθνεώς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4b; ἀ. τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.6; οὐδείς ἐστί μοι ἀ., ἂν ᾖ χρηστός 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 602)]; ἀλλοτριώτερος τῶνπαίδων less near than thy children, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119)]; ἀλλοτριώτερος, opposed to οἰκειότερος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162a3: with _dative_, ἀλλότριοι ὑμῖν ὄντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.51.)]
II.1.b hostile, unfavourably disposed, with genitive, ἀ. Ῥωμαίων[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.4.4; -ώτατος μοναρχίας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.65; ἀλλότρια φρονῶν τοῦ βασιλέως 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 36.15.7, compare “OGI” 90.19 (from Rosetta).)]
II.1.c disinclined, πρὸς τὰς κακοπαθείας[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 36.15.2.)]
II.2 of things, alien, strange, τροφή[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491d (_comparative_), etc.)]; εἴ τι πρότερον γέγονεν ἀ. estrangement, Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.185; ἡ ἀ.)]alien country, enemy's country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.50, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.73)]: with genitive, alien from, ἐπιτηδεύματα δημοκρατίας ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.34)]; οὐδὲν ἀ. ποιῶν τοῦ τρόπου Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.182.)]
II.2.b in Medicine texts, abnormal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.5, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.780)]; ἀ. σάρκες superfluous fat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 556d.)]
II.2.c foreign to the purpose, λόγοι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1218b23)]: comparative, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1159b24)]: superlative, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cat.” 15b29, cf. Polystr. p.17 W.)]
II.2.d Astrology texts, ={ἀπόστροφος}, [Refs (“POxy.” 464.16.)]
III adverb ἀλλοτρίως, διακεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας to be unfavourably disposed towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.159)]; ἄ. ἔχειν πρός.. [Refs ([prev. author] 5.80)]: comparative -ιώτερον less favourably, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.9.)]
III.2 strangely, marvellously, [Refs (epigram Gr. 989.2.)]
III.3 in a manner foreign to, with genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Persaeus Citieus Stoicus 1.1co. [-ο ¯ τρ- only in 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 557 assuming variant])]
Aeolic dialect ἀλλότερρος [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 529.24)], α, ον, (ἄλλος) of or belonging to another, βίοτος, νηῦς, ἄχεα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.160, 9.535, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.298)]; γυνή another man's wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 448 (Lyric poetry))]; ἀλλοτρίων χαρίσασθαι to be bountiful of what is another's, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.452)]; γναθμοῖσι γελοίων ἀλλοτρίοισιν with faces unlike their own, of a forced, unnatural laugh, [Refs ([prev. work] 20.347)]; ἀ. ὄμμασιν εἷρπον by the help of another's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 146(Lyric poetry))]; οὐκ ἀ. ἄτην not inflicted by other hands, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 1259)]; but ἀ. φόνος murder of a stranger[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((compare 11.1), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4b: proverbial, ἀ. ἀμᾶν θέρος)] reap where one has not sown, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 392, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 599)]; ἀλλοτριωτάτοις τοῖς σώμασιν χρῆσθαι deal with one's body as if it belonged to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]; τὰ ἀλλότρια, contraction τἀλλότρια, what belongs to others, not one's own, τἀ. ἀποστερεῖν, δειπνεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 4.1, Theopomp. Comedy texts 34.)]
II opposed to οἰκεῖος, foreign, strange,
II.1 of persons, ἀ. φώς stranger, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.219, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 481)]; almost = enemy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.214, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.102)]; οὐδέ τις ἀλλοτρίων no stranger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155; εἴτε ἀ. εἴτε οἰκεῖος ὁ τεθνεώς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4b; ἀ. τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.6; οὐδείς ἐστί μοι ἀ., ἂν ᾖ χρηστός 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 602)]; ἀλλοτριώτερος τῶνπαίδων less near than thy children, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119)]; ἀλλοτριώτερος, opposed to οἰκειότερος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162a3: with _dative_, ἀλλότριοι ὑμῖν ὄντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.51.)]
II.1.b hostile, unfavourably disposed, with genitive, ἀ. Ῥωμαίων[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.4.4; -ώτατος μοναρχίας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.65; ἀλλότρια φρονῶν τοῦ βασιλέως 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 36.15.7, compare “OGI” 90.19 (from Rosetta).)]
II.1.c disinclined, πρὸς τὰς κακοπαθείας[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 36.15.2.)]
II.2 of things, alien, strange, τροφή[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491d (_comparative_), etc.)]; εἴ τι πρότερον γέγονεν ἀ. estrangement, Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.185; ἡ ἀ.)]alien country, enemy's country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.50, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.73)]: with genitive, alien from, ἐπιτηδεύματα δημοκρατίας ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.34)]; οὐδὲν ἀ. ποιῶν τοῦ τρόπου Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.182.)]
II.2.b in Medicine texts, abnormal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.5, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.780)]; ἀ. σάρκες superfluous fat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 556d.)]
II.2.c foreign to the purpose, λόγοι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1218b23)]: comparative, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1159b24)]: superlative, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cat.” 15b29, cf. Polystr. p.17 W.)]
II.2.d Astrology texts, ={ἀπόστροφος}, [Refs (“POxy.” 464.16.)]
III adverb ἀλλοτρίως, διακεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας to be unfavourably disposed towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.159)]; ἄ. ἔχειν πρός.. [Refs ([prev. author] 5.80)]: comparative -ιώτερον less favourably, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.9.)]
III.2 strangely, marvellously, [Refs (epigram Gr. 989.2.)]
III.3 in a manner foreign to, with genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Persaeus Citieus Stoicus 1.1co. [-ο ¯ τρ- only in 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 557 assuming variant])]