8 occurrences

'Alien' in the Bible

And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to dwell as an alien there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfFamine, Kinds OfempiresSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfAbraham, Calling And LifeSojourning

And I will give to you and to your offspring after you {the land in which you are living as an alien}, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting property. And I will be to them as God."

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To AbrahamGod, The EternalLand, As A Divine GiftProperty, LandThe Promised LandEternal PossessionSojourningI Will Be Their God

And Abraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev, and he settled between Kadesh and Shur. And he dwelled as an alien in Gerar.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictorySojourningParticular Journeys

So now, swear to me here by God [that] you will not deal with me falsely, or with my descendants, or my posterity. According to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall [pledge] to do with me and with the land where you have dwelled as an alien."

Verse ConceptsKindnessNegotiationPolitical Alliances, By OathsSojourningFalse WaysPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

And Abraham dwelled as an alien in the land of the Philistines many days.

Verse ConceptsSojourning

"I [am] a stranger and an alien among you; give to me {my own burial site} among you so that I may bury my dead from before me.

Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimPilgrims, Examples OfUnseenReckoned As ForeignersThe Cave Of Machpelah

Dwell as an alien in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham you father.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To AbrahamOaths, DivineSojourningGod Swearing BlessingsGod Will Be With YouGod Will Blessland

And he instructed them, saying, "Thus you must say to my lord, to Esau, 'Thus says your servant Jacob, I have dwelled as an alien with Laban, and I have remained [there] until now.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietySojourning

Bible Theasaurus

Alienate (4 instances)
Exotic (1 instance)
Foreign (157 instances)
Foreigner (140 instances)
Stranger (157 instances)
Transfer (17 instances)
Unknown (34 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀλλότριος 
Allotrios 
Usage: 10

ἀπαλλοτριόω 
Apallotrioo 
be alienated with , be alien
Usage: 3