What does ἀλλογενής (allogenḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἀλλογενής (allogenḗs): Of another race or ethnicity; a foreigner distinct from one's own people group.
Greek · G241
ἀλλογενής
Foreign
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ἀλλογενής G241
Pronunciation allogenḗs
What does ἀλλογενής (allogenḗs) mean in the Bible?
ἀλλογενής (allogenḗs): Of another race or ethnicity; a foreigner distinct from one's own people group.
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How does the BSB render G241?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include foreigner (1).
Where does ἀλλογενής (allogenḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 17:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It foreigner 1× Luke 17:18
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First aligned row Luke 17:18
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
ἀλλογενὴς 1x allogenēs Luke 17:18
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 17:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Of another race or ethnicity; a foreigner distinct from one's own people group.
Strong's G241
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 17:11-19 Source Gloss
foreign
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Of another race or ethnicity; a foreigner distinct from one's own people group.
(ἄλλος, γένος), [in LXX chiefly for זוּר, נֵכָר ;] of another race, a foreigner ( = ἀλλόφυλος; Cremer, 150; MM, VGT, see word): Luk.17:18.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 17:18 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀλλογενὴς allogenhv
of another nation, a foreigner
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 17:18 1×
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Biblical Witnesses
A Samaritan leper described as foreign, emphasizing ethnic or national otherness
Those of another race or nation who join themselves to the Lord's covenant
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain