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for´in-ẽr The translation of × ×›×¨×™, nokhrı̄, “unknown,†“foreign,†frequently rendered “stranger†(; ); of תּושב, toÌ„shaÌ„bh, “a settler,†“an alien resident†(; the Revised Version (British and American) “sojournerâ€; compare ; ); of paÌroikos, “dwelling near,†“sojourner†(, the Revised Version (British and American) sojournersâ€).
Revised Version has “foreigner†for “stranger†(; ; ; ; ), for “alien†(); “the hand of a foreigner†for “a stranger's hand†(). See ALIEN; STRANGER AND SOJOURNER.