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an adverb, signifying "outside, without," is used in Acts 26:11 , RV, "foreign," for AV "strange," of cities beyond the limits of Palestine, lit., "unto (the) cities without," including Damascus. See FORTH , OUTWARD , STRANGE , WITHOUT.
Note: In Ephesians 2:19 , paroikos, lit., "dwelling near" (para, "near," oikos, a "dwelling"), denotes "an alien, a sojourner," in contrast to fellow-citizens, RV, "sojourners" (AV, "foreigners"); in 1 Peter 2:11 , AV, "strangers;" see also Acts 7:6,29 . See SOJOURNER , STRANGER. Cp. allotrios, e.g., Acts 7:6; Hebrews 11:9,34; allophulos, Acts 10:28; xenos, Matthew 25:35,38,43; 27:7; Acts 17:21 , etc.Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Foreign, Foreigner'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​f/foreign-foreigner.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Foreign, Foreigner'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​f/foreign-foreigner.html. 1940.