"strange" (see No. 1 above), denotes "a stranger, foreigner," Mat 25:35, Mat 25:38, Mat 1:25-44, Mat 27:7, Act 17:21, Eph 2:12, Eph 2:19, Heb 11:13, 3Jo 1:5.
"strangers," Mat 1:17-26, Joh 10:5 (twice): see No. 2, above. (allos, "another," genos, "a race") occurs in Luk 17:18, of a Samaritan. Moulton and Milligan illustrate the use of the word by the inscription on the Temple barrier, "let no foreigner enter within the screen and enclosure surrounding the sanctuary;" according to Mommsen this inscription was cut by the Romans: cp. PARTITION. Notes: (1) For paroikos, in AV, see SOJOURN, B, No. 1. For parepidemos, in AV, see PILGRIM. (2) The pronoun heteros, "other," is translated "strangers" in 1Co 14:21 (2nd part), RV (AV, "other"); cp. STRANGE, A, Note. "to receive strangers" (xenos, No. 1, above, and dechomai, "to receive"), occurs in 1Ti 5:10, RV, "(if) she hath used hospitality to strangers," AV, "(if) she have lodged strangers." Note: For epidemeo, in AV, see SOJOURNER, A, No. 2. For paroikeo, in AV, see SOJOURN, A, No. 1. "love of strangers," occurs in Rom 12:13, "hospitality," and Heb 13:2, RV, "to show love unto strangers," AV, "to entertain strangers." See ENTERTAIN, Note. Note: For parokia in Act 13:17, see SOJOURN, C.
