ἈΛΛΟΕΘΝΕΣΙΝ, ἀλλοεθνεσιν
ALLOETHNESIN, alloethnesin
Sounds Like: al-loh-ETH-neh-sin
Translations: to foreigners, to Gentiles, to those of another nation, to aliens
From the root: ἈΛΛΟΕΘΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ἄλλος' (allos), meaning 'other', and 'ἔθνος' (ethnos), meaning 'nation' or 'people'. It refers to people of a different nation or ethnicity, often translated as 'foreigners' or 'Gentiles' in a biblical context. It is used to describe those who are not part of one's own people group, particularly non-Israelites.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0241 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 4:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΛΟΕΘΝΗΣ.
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.
- ἈΛΛΟΕΘΝΕΙΣ — foreigners, strangers, those of another nation
- ἈΛΛΟΕΘΝΗ — foreign, alien, of another nation, foreigners, aliens
- ἈΛΛΟΕΘΝΟΥΣ — of another nation, of a foreign nation, of an alien nation
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