Strong’s G245 · Greek
ἀλλότριος
allótrios
Definition
another's, i.e. not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile
Etymology
from G243 (ἄλλος);
Where the KJV renders it
- alien
- (an-)other (man's
- men's)
- strange(-r)
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