Foreigner

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FOREIGNER

for'-in-er" The translation of nokhri, "unknown," "foreign," frequently rendered "stranger" (Deuteronomy 15:3; Obadiah 1:11); of toshabh, "a settler," "an alien resident" (Exodus 12:45; the Revised Version (British and American) "sojourner"; compare Leviticus 25:47; Psalms 39:12); of paroikos, "dwelling near," "sojourner" (Ephesians 2:19, the Revised Version (British and American) sojourners").

Revised Version has "foreigner" for "stranger" (Deuteronomy 17:15; 23:20; 29:22; Ruth 2:10; 2 Samuel 15:19), for "alien" (Deuteronomy 14:21); "the hand of a foreigner" for "a stranger's hand" (Leviticus 22:25).

See ALIEN; STRANGER AND SOJOURNER.


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'FOREIGNER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.  



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