Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
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Aliens
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Hebrews 11:34
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
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ἀλλότριος
allótrios · al-lot'-ree-os
1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
another's, i.e. not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile
Strong's KJV usage: :--alien, (an-)other (man's, men's), strange(-r).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 11:34Strong's last: Hebrews 11:34
Open full G245 profile →ἀπαλλοτριόω
apallotrióō · ap-al-lot-ree-o'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to estrange away, i.e. (passively and figuratively) to be non-participant
Strong's KJV usage: :-- alienate, be alien.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ephesians 2:12Strong's last: Ephesians 2:12
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nokrîy · nok-ree'
1 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: Lamentations 5:2Strong's last: Lamentations 5:2
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H5237
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
G526
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
G245
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
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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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