adjective
allotrios
Strong’sG245
belonging to another person, foreign
stem allotri-14 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books8 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Belonging to another, not one's own — the opposite of what is one's own or personal 13. This sense covers property, rights, or things that properly belong to someone else rather than to oneself 1.
Foreign, strange, alien — the opposite of what is familiar or one's own people/place 13; by extension the word can also carry the sense of not akin or hostile 2. Dodson's short gloss for the word is "belonging to another person, foreign" 4.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἀλλότριος, -α, -ον
(< ἄλλος), [in LXX for זוּר, נֵכָר, אַחֵר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G245 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-lot'-ree-os
another's, i.e. not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile
Fromfrom G243;
King Jamesalien, (an-)other (man's, men's), strange(-r).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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 strangerRefs 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. ῬωμαίωνRefs 2nd c.BC+
II.1.c disinclined, πρὸς τὰς κακοπαθείαςRefs 2nd c.BC+
II.2 of things, alien, strange, τροφήRefs 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, λόγοιRefs 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+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | allotrios | allotrias | allotriem | allotriois | allotriais | allotrieim |
| object accusative | allotrion2×ἀλλότριον | allotrian1×ἀλλοτρίαν | allotrioin | allotriain | ||
| direct address vocative | allotrior | allotriar | allotrioir | allotriair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | allotriou | allotriau | allotrieu | allotrioiu4×ἀλλοτρίων | allotriaiu | allotrieiu |
| to, for dative | allotrio2×ἀλλοτρίῳ | allotria1×ἀλλοτρίᾳ | allotrie2×ἀλλοτρίῳ | allotrioi1×ἀλλοτρίοις | allotriai1×ἀλλοτρίαις | allotriei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
allotri is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
14 occurrences, every one of them listed
allotrion“another”objectaccusative singular2×
Romans 14:4“another”sis tinos asō tos krinarōntos allotrion oiketon? to idio kurio stēkatō ē …Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And …
Romans 15:20… hopou onomazita Christos, hina mē epi allotrion themelion oikodomameiō,… I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
allotrio“another”to, fordative singular2×
John 10:5allotrio de ouk mē akolouthali alla fugeli …But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from …
2 Corinthians 10:16… teim huperekeina vu euangelizera, ouk en allotrio kanono eis teim hetoimeim kauchera.… in the work already done in another man’s territory.
allotrian“foreign”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 11:9… paroikata eis gēan tau epangeliau hōs allotrian, en skēnai katoikarantos meta Isaak kai …… land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as …
allotria“foreign”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 7:6“foreign”… tem spermem autou paroikem en gēa allotria, kai doulali autem kai kakali eteim …… him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
allotrie“another”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 16:12“another’s”kai ei en te allotrie pistois ouk geneva, tem humeterem tinos …And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
Hebrews 9:25“another”… teim hagieim kata eniauton en haime allotrie,… priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is …
allotrioiu“strangers”of, belonging togenitive plural4×
Matthew 17:25“strangers”… toiu huioiu autoiu ē apo toiu allotrioiu?… taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”
Matthew 17:26“strangers”legarantou de; Apo toiu allotrioiu, fēate auto tos Iēsus; Ara ge …“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him.
John 10:5“strangers”… apo autou, hoti ouk oidalē toiu allotrioiu tan fōnan.… will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
Hebrews 11:34… genila ischurois en polemo, parembolain klinala allotrioiu;… became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
allotrioi“others”to, fordative plural1×
2 Corinthians 10:15ouk eis teim ametreim kauchorōntois en allotrioi kopoi, elpidan de echarōntois auxanorōntau tau …… our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your …
allotriai“others”to, fordative plural1×
1 Timothy 5:22… tacheōs mēdeno epitithasōr, mēde koinōnasōr hamartai allotriai; siauton hagnon tērasōr.… thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.