1 | Strong's Number: g1854 | Greek: exo |
Foreign, Foreigner:
an adverb, signifying "outside, without," is used in Act 26:11, RV, "foreign," for AV "strange," of cities beyond the limits of Palestine, lit., "unto (the) cities without," including Damascus.
See FORTH, OUTWARD, STRANGE, WITHOUT.
Note: In Eph 2:19, paroikos, lit., "dwelling near" (para, "near," oikos, a "dwelling"), denotes "an alien, a sojourner," in contrast to fellow-citizens, RV, "sojourners" (AV, "foreigners"); in 1Pe 2:11, AV, "strangers;" see also Act 7:6, 29.
See SOJOURNER, STRANGER. Cp. allotrios, e.g., Act 7:6; Hbr 11:9, 34; allophulos, Act 10:28; xenos, Mat 25:35, 38, 43; 27:7; Act 17:21, etc.
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