Strong’s G246 · Greek

ἀλλόφυλος
allóphylos

Definition

foreign, i.e. (specially) Gentile

Etymology

from G243 (ἄλλος) and G5443 (φυλή);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • one of another nation

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.