Strong's Lexicon
G246 — ἀλλόφυλος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G246 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀλλόφυλος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G243 and G5443 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | allophulos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | al-lof'-oo-los |
| Meaning: | 1. foreign 2. (specially) Gentile |
| KJV Renderings: | one of another nation |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλλόφυλος, (ἄλλος, and φῦλον race), foreign, (in secular authors from (Aeschylus) Thucydides down); when used in Hellenistic Greek in opposed to a Jew, it signifies a Gentile, (A. V. one of another nation): Act 10:28. (Philo, Josephus.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀλλόφυλος (one of another nation)
Acts 10:28
- KJV: 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
- GK: έφη τε προς αυτούς υμείς επίστασθε ως αθέμιτόν εστιν ανδρί Ιουδαίω κολλάσθαι η προσέρχεσθαι αλλοφύλω και εμοί ο θεός έδειξε μηδένα κοινόν η ακάθαρτον λέγειν άνθρωπον
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