ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΩ, ἀλλοφυλω
ALLOPHYLŌ, allophylō
Sounds Like: al-LO-foo-loh
Translations: of another tribe, of another nation, of foreigners, of aliens, of Philistines
From the root: ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound word derived from 'ἄλλος' (allos), meaning 'other', and 'φυλή' (phylē), meaning 'tribe' or 'nation'. It refers to someone belonging to a different tribe, nation, or race, often implying a foreigner or an alien. In a specific biblical context, it can refer to the Philistines, who were considered foreigners by the Israelites. It is used to describe people who are not part of one's own group or people.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G246 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 151:6
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 10:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΑ — foreigners, aliens, strangers, of another tribe, foreign things
- ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΙΣ — (to) foreigners, (to) strangers, (to) aliens, (to) those of another race
- ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΝ — foreign, alien, of another tribe, a foreigner, an alien
- ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΣ — foreign, a foreigner, alien, a Philistine, another race
- ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΥ — of a foreigner, of a stranger, of an alien, of another tribe, of another nation
- ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΩΝ — of foreigners, of aliens, of other tribes, of other nations, of strange people
- ΤΟΙΣἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΙΣ — (to) the foreigners, (to) the aliens, (to) the strangers, (to) the people of another tribe
- ΤΟΥΣἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΥΣ — foreigners, a foreigner, aliens, an alien, those of another race, those of another tribe
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