7 occurrences

'Strange' in the Bible

And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.

Verse ConceptsSeductionThreateningsSojourningPressingBroken ThingsSuffering From ForeignersWorse

And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.

Verse ConceptsSojourning

I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest

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

Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

Verse ConceptsReckoningReckoned As Foreigners

Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

Verse ConceptsEarringsOrnamentsRingsForeign ThingsOaksHidden ThingsPutting Away Other Godsjewelry

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

Verse ConceptsPretenceAwarenessBuying FoodRecognising PeopledisguisesWhere From?

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Foreign (157 instances)
Strange (251 instances)
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Unusual (8 instances)

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