Words the Bible translates as alien
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- allotriosἀλλότριοςbelonging to someone else: another's, not one's own
- gerגֵּרa resident foreigner: someone who has left his own land and people and settled long-term among Israel, living under its protection but without a native's land and family rights
- nekharנֵכָרforeignness: what belongs to another people or land, and so is alien to Israel and its God
- paroikosπάροικοςa resident alien: a long-term, tolerated outsider who lives among a people but never counts as a full member
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