Exodus 18:3
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
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Alien
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Isaiah 61:5
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
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נׇכְרִי
nokrîy · nok-ree'
3 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
Strong's KJV usage: alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 14:21Strong's last: Psalms 69:8
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gêr · gare
1 times translated as this KJV form89 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
Strong's KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
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Strong's first: Exodus 18:3Strong's last: Exodus 18:3
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nêkâr · nay-kawr'
1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Strong's KJV usage: alien, strange ( -er).
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Strong's first: Isaiah 61:5Strong's last: Isaiah 61:5
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H5237
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
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alien
A'LIEN, adjective alyen, [Latin alienus, from alius, another. Latin alieno, to alienate; alter, another, to altercate.]
1. Foreign; not belonging to the same country, land or government.
2. Belonging to one who is not a citizen.
3. Estranged; foreign; not allied; adverse to; as, principles alien from our religion.
A'LIEN, noun alyen.
1. A foreigner; one born in, or belonging to, another country; one who is not a denizen, or entitled to the privileges of a citizen.
2. In scripture, one who is a stranger to the church of Christ, or to the covenant of grace.
At that time, ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel. Ephesians 2:12.
In France, a child born of residents who are not citizens, is an alien In Great Britain, the children of aliens born in that country, are mostly natural born subjects; and the children of British subjects, owing allegiance to the crown of England, though born in other countries, are natural subjects, and entitled to the privileges or resident citizens.
Alien-duty, a tax upon goods imported by aliens, beyond the duty on the like goods imported by citizens; a discriminating duty on the tonnage of ships belonging to aliens, or any extra duties imposed by laws or edicts on aliens.
A'LIEN
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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