Quick Definition
ἀλλότριος, ία, ιον Adj belonging to another person, foreign
Strong's Definition
another's, i.e. not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile
Derivation: from G243 (ἄλλος);
KJV Usage: alien, (an-)other (man's, men's), strange(-r)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -α, -ον | ἀλλάσσω
92.20 · Discourse Referentials · Whom or What Spoken or Written About
belonging to another, belonging to someone else a reference to what belongs to someone else
LUK 16:12 · ACT 7:6 · ROM 14:4 · ROM 15:20 · 2CO 10:15 · 2CO 10:16 · 1TI 5:22 · HEB 9:25
11.74 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Political
stranger, foreigner a person from another geographical or cultural region and/or one not known to members of the socio-political group in question In JHN 10:5 the most satisfactory rendering of ‘stranger’ is often ‘someone who is not known,’ in other words, ‘they will not follow someone whom they do not know’ or ‘... recognize.’
39.12 · Hostility, Strife · Opposition, Hostility
to be strongly opposed to, to be an enemy of pertaining to being opposed as a result of one’s being essentially different Meanings involving enmity, hostility, and opposition are frequently idiomatic in nature and are derived primarily from four major experiential sources: (1) psychological attitudes, ‘to have one’s heart burn against’; (2) gestures, ‘to frown against’ or ‘to refuse to snap fingers’ (snapping fingers being a particular form of greeting in various parts of Africa); (3) body stance, ‘to stand against’; and (4) movement, ‘to turn one’s back against’ or ‘to turn away from.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλλότριος, -a, τον; 1. belonging to another (opp. to ἴδιος), not one’s own: Heb. ix. 25; Ro. xiv. 4; xv. 20; 2 Co. x. 15 sq.; 1 Tim. v. 22; Jn. x. 5. in neut., Lk. xvi. 12 (opp. to τὸ ὑμέτερον). 2. foreign, strange: yi, Acts vii. 6; Heb. xi. 9; not of one’s own family, alien, Mt. xvii. 25 sq.; an enemy, Heb. xi. 34, (Hom. I. 5, 214; Xen. an. 3, 5, 5).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀλλότριος allotrios 14x
belonging to another, Lk. 16:12; foreign, Acts 7:6; Heb. 11:9; a foreigner, alien, Mt. 17:25
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀλλότριος, -α, -ον
(< ἄλλος), [in LXX for זוּר, נֵכָר, אַחֵר;]
belonging to another, not one's own (opp. to ἴδιος): Lk 16:12, Ro 14:4 15:20 (Field, Notes, 165 f.), II Co 10:15, 16, I Ti 5:22, He 9:25.
foreign, strange, alien (opp. to οἰκεῖος; v. MM, VGT, s.v.): Mt 17:25, 26, Jo 10:5, Ac 7:6, He 11:9, 34.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀλλότριος. P Oxy VII. 1067 ὁ (a very ungrammatical letter of iii/A.D.), μάθε οὖν ὅτι ἀλλοτρίαν γυναῖκαν (/. ἀλλοτρία γυνή) ἐκληρονόμησεν αὐτόν, ““Κπονν then that a strange woman is made his heir” (Ed.): The adjective is common in the sense of alzenus, “belonging to others”: one or two special applications may be cited. A rescript of Gordian (P Tebt Il. 285°), which Wilcken marks as suffering from translation out of Latin, uses τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους for * outsiders,” as against legitimate children. P Giss I. 6γ15 (ii/a.p.) τὸ yap ἀλλ[ότ]ριον ἐποίησα Ev[. . . seems to imply ‘‘I did what was foreign to me,” but the lost context may change this entirely. 6. 995 (ii/iii Αἰγυπτίων ἀλλότρια ταῦτα ἣν], ἐδρᾶτο δὲ ὅμως. P Tor I. 141-3 (Ptol. Euergetes) προέφερετο ἀλλότριον εἶναι τὸ παρεισαγόμενον ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ. P Oxy II 2829 (4.p. 30-5) ἡ δὲ ἀλλότρια φρονήσασα THs κοινῆς συμβιώϊσεως], “ became dissatisfied with our union” (Ε44.) : so P Ryl II. 12819 (c. A.D. 30) ἀλλότρια φρονήσασα, ‘changed her mind,” of a mill-hand leaving her work. BGU II 4os5}% (a.p. 348), ξένον pe εἶναι καὶ ἀλλότριον αὐτῆς, gives the genitive dependent on it, and 2. IV. 11217? (B.c. 5) μήτε ἴδια μήτ᾽ ἀλλότρια has the antithesis which characterizes best its meaning.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀλλότριος (allotrios) — another’s. ἀλλότριος, Aeolic dialect ἀλλότερρος [Refs], α, ον, (ἄλλος) of or belonging to another, βίοτος, νηῦς, ἄχεα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γυνή another man's wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀλλοτρίων χαρίσασθαι to be bountiful of what is another's, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γναθμοῖσι γελοίων ἀλλοτρίοισιν with faces unlike their own, of a forced, unnatural laugh, [Refs]; ἀ. ὄμμασιν εἷρπον by the help of another's eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀ. ἄτην not inflicted by other hands, [Refs]; but ἀ. φόνος murder of a stranger[Refs 5th c.BC+] reap where one has not sown, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλοτριωτάτοις τοῖς σώμασιν χρῆσθαι deal with one's body as if it belonged to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀλλότρια, contraction τἀλλότρια, what belongs to others, not one's own, τἀ. ἀποστερεῖν, δειπνεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. opposed to οἰκεῖος, foreign, strange,
II.1. of persons, ἀ. φώς stranger, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; almost = enemy, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδέ τις ἀλλοτρίων no stranger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλοτριώτερος τῶνπαίδων less near than thy children, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλοτριώτερος, opposed to οἰκειότερος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1. b hostile, unfavourably disposed, with genitive, ἀ. Ῥωμαίων[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.1. c disinclined, πρὸς τὰς κακοπαθείας[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2. of things, alien, strange, τροφή[Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ τι πρότερον γέγονεν ἀ. estrangement, Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]alien country, enemy's country, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, alien from, ἐπιτηδεύματα δημοκρατίας ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἀ. ποιῶν τοῦ τρόπου Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. b in Medicine texts, abnormal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀ. σάρκες superfluous fat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. c foreign to the purpose, λόγοι[Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative, [Refs]: superlative, [Refs]
II.2. d Astrology texts, ={ἀπόστροφος}, [Refs]
III. adverb ἀλλοτρίως, διακεῖσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας to be unfavourably disposed towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἔχειν πρός.. [Refs]: comparative -ιώτερον less favourably, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2. strangely, marvellously, [Refs]
III.3. in a manner foreign to, with genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]