What does ἀπαλλοτριόω (apallotrióō) mean in the Bible?
ἀπαλλοτριόω (apallotrióō): To alienate or estrange, depicting separation from relationship or community standing.
Greek · G526
ἀπαλλοτριόω
To alienate
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ἀπαλλοτριόω G526
Pronunciation apallotrióō
What does ἀπαλλοτριόω (apallotrióō) mean in the Bible?
ἀπαλλοτριόω (apallotrióō): To alienate or estrange, depicting separation from relationship or community standing.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G526?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include alienated from (2), alienated [ from God ] (1).
Where does ἀπαλλοτριόω (apallotrióō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 2:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (2), Colossians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It alienated from 2× Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 4:18
alienated [ from God ] 1× Colossians 1:21
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Ephesians 2:12 ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι to alienated from Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Ephesians 4:18 ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι to alienated from Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Colossians 1:21 ἀπηλλοτριωμένους to alienated [ from God ] Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ephesians 2:12
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Ephesians 2 Colossians 1
Source forms
ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι 2x apēllotriōmenoi Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 4:18
ἀπηλλοτριωμένους 1x apēllotriōmenous Colossians 1:21
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 4:18
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Colossians 1:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To alienate or estrange, depicting separation from relationship or community standing.
Strong's G526
Lexical occurrences 0 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Colossians 1:21–23 Source Gloss
to alienate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 2:12 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι aphllotriwmenoi
I estrange, alienate
Read verse Ephesians 4:18 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι aphllotriwmenoi
I estrange, alienate
Read verse Colossians 1:21 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀπηλλοτριωμένους aphllotriwmenouv
I estrange, alienate
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 3
Voice
passive 3
Mood
participle 3
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Being estranged in mind through evil works before reconciliation in Christ
Gentiles separated from the commonwealth of Israel and covenants of promise
Gentiles darkened in understanding, separated from God's life through ignorance
Word Origins
ἀπαλλοτριόω is built from these roots:
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