Meaning
Foreigner for'-in-er" The translation of nokhri, "unknown," "foreign," frequently rendered "stranger" (Deu 15:3, Oba 1:11); of toshabh, "a settler," "an alien resident" (Ex 12:45; the Revised Version (British and American) "sojourner"; compare Lev 25:47, Psa 39:12); of paroikos, "dwelling near," "sojourner" (Eph 2:19, the Revised Version (British and American) sojourners").
Revised Version has "foreigner" for "stranger" (Deu 17:15, Deu 23:20, Deu 29:22, Rth 2:10, 2Sa 15:19), for "alien" (De 14:21); "the hand of a foreigner" for "a stranger's hand" (Le 22:25).
See ALIEN; STRANGER AND SOJOURNER.
