Words the Bible translates as strange
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- heterosἕτεροςof a different kind: another that is not the same in nature, strange or foreign
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- another one: a further or second member of the same kind or group
- next, following: the next day in a sequence of days
- allotriosἀλλότριοςbelonging to someone else: another's, not one's own
- zurזוּרto be an outsider: to stand on the wrong side of a line that matters here, whether a circle, a household, a nation, the covenant, or holy space
- nokhriנׇכְרִיforeign: belonging to another people or another person, not one's own
- nekharנֵכָרforeignness: what belongs to another people or land, and so is alien to Israel and its God
- xenosξένοςstrange or foreign: unfamiliar, coming from outside, not what one is used to
+2 more meanings
- a stranger or foreigner: a person who is outside the community, family, or homeland where they find themselves
- a host: the person who takes a stranger in and provides lodging and welcome
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