8 occurrences

'Foreign' in the Bible

until there arose a foreign king over Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing People

A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him. Some of them asked, "What has this beggarly babbler to say?" "His business," said others, "seems to be to cry up some foreign gods." This was because he had been telling the Good News of Jesus and the Resurrection.

Verse ConceptsBabblersevangelism, nature ofPhilosophyResurrection, Of The DeadFalse Teachers, Examples OfScoffersAmateursAmbiguityEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

(For all the Athenians and their foreign visitors used to devote their whole leisure to telling or hearing about something new.)

Verse ConceptsForeignersAmusementsIntelligenceLeisure, And PastimesPride, Examples OfSloth Examples OfCuriosity

In all the synagogues also I punished them many a time, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my wild fury I chased them even to foreign towns.

Verse ConceptsForeign ThingsBlasphemy

If, however, I do not know the meaning of the particular language, I shall seem to the speaker of it, and he to me, to be merely talking some foreign tongue.

Verse ConceptsBarbariansMeaningReckoned As Foreigners

Through faith he came and made his home for a time in a land which had been promised to him, as if in a foreign country, living in tents together with Isaac and Jacob, sharers with him in the same promise;

Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimJacob, The PatriarchAbraham, Calling And LifeSaints, As PilgrimsExploits Of FaithReckoned As ForeignersGod's Promise To Abraham

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Foreign (157 instances)
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Root Form
Definition
Usage
נכרי 
Nokriy 
Usage: 46

תּשׁב תּושׁב 
Towshab 
Usage: 14

πάροικος 
Paroikos 
Usage: 4