ἀλλογενής
allogenḗs
G241 substantive adjective
SILEX Entry
Definition
Of another race, nation, or people; foreigner, especially one who is not part of the local lineage, ethnic group, or community. In Hellenistic and early Roman contexts, often denotes someone not belonging to a specific people group or land, such as not a Judean or not of the descent or inheritance associated with the local population.
Semantic Range
belonging to another people, foreign, of a different ancestry, not native, non-local, not a member of the ethnic/civic community, outsider
Root / Etymology
From ἄλλος ('other, another') + γένος ('race, stock, kin, people'). The formation denotes 'belonging to another race/people.'
Historical & Contextual Notes
In classical Greek, ἀλλογενής occurs in reference to any person or group considered ethnically or nationally 'other.' In the Septuagint, it commonly translates Hebrew נָכְרִי (nokhrī), referring to someone outside the Israelite lineage or covenant, distinguished from 'sojourner' (προσήλυτος). In the New Testament and contemporaneous Jewish Greek literature, the term often appears in contrast to Ἰουδαῖος (Judean), marking someone as not of Judean descent or not an inheritor of the Judean ethnic, legal, or cultic identity. Its scope is not limited to religious exclusion but rather to an outsider status by ancestry, nationality, or civic belonging. English translations have often rendered it as 'stranger' or 'foreigner,' but this can obscure the distinction between civic/ethnic and transient/guest identities in antiquity. In certain contexts, the term could carry pejorative, neutral, or simply descriptive connotations, depending on the community and purpose. The usage should not be conflated with later, more rigid ethno-religious concepts; rather, it reflects a dynamic sense of difference or otherness vis-à-vis the in-group understood in any particular context.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
from ἄλλος and γένος; foreign, i.e. not a Jew:--stranger.
Root Family
ἀλλογενής (allogenēs) — other, different, race, descent, people
Word Forms
1 distinct form
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G241-01 |
ἀλλογενὴς | allogenes | ADJ.S NOM M SG |
foreigner | one of another people | one of another people | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
1 occurrence
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G241-01 |
Luke 17:18 | ἀλλογενὴς | allogenes | ADJ.S NOM M SG |
foreigner | one of another people | one of another people |