Quick Definition
of another nation, a foreigner
Strong's Definition
foreign, i.e. not a Jew
Derivation: from G243 (ἄλλος) and G1085 (γένος);
KJV Usage: stranger
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλλογενής, (ες (ἄλλος and γένος), sprung from another race, a foreigner, alien: Luk_17:18. (In the Sept. (Gen_17:27; Exo_12:43, etc.), but nowhere in secular writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀλλογενής allogenēs 1x
of another race or nation, i.e., not a Jew; a stranger, foreigner, Luk_17:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀλλογενής , -ές
( < ἄλλος , γένος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H2114 , H5236 ;]
of another race, a foreigner ( = ἀλλόφυλος ; Cremer , 150; MM , VGT , s.v. ): Luk_17:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀλλογενής [page 23]
This word, frequent in the LXX and once in the NT ( Luk_17:18 ), is, according to Grimm, found "nowhere in profane writers." But note should be taken of the famous inscription on the Temple barrier, OGIS 598 (i/A.D.), beginning μηθένα ἀλλογενῆ εἰσπορεύεσθαι ἐντὸς τοῦ περὶ τὸ ἱερον τρυφάκτου καὶ περιβόλου , "let no foreigner enter within the screen and enclosure surrounding the sanctuary." Josephns, in his description of the tablet ( Bell. Jud. v. 193) substitutes μηδένα ἀλλόφυλον παριέναι a good example of his methods of mending the vernacular Greek he heard and read. Mommsen argued that the inscription was cut by the Romans. We might readily allow the word to be a Jewish coinage, without compromising the principle that Jewish Greek was essentially one with vernacular Greek elsewhere. The word is correctly formed, and local coined words must be expected in every language that is spoken over a wide area.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀλλογενής [Etym: γένος] "of another race, a stranger", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀλλογενής, -ές
(ἄλλος, γένος), [in LXX chiefly for זוּר, נֵכָר ;]
of another race, a foreigner ( = ἀλλόφυλος; Cremer, 150; MM, VGT, see word): Luk.17:18.†
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