Bible Dictionaries
Strange

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

denotes (a) "foreign, alien," Acts 17:18 , of gods; Hebrews 13:9 , of doctrines; (b) "unusual," 1 Peter 4:12,2 nd part, of the fiery trial of persecution (for 1st part, see B). See STRANGER.

denotes (a) "belonging to another" (allos), see MAN'S , Note (1); (b) "alien, foreign, strange," Acts 7:6; Hebrews 11:9 , AV, RV , "(a land) not his own." See ALIEN , STRANGER.

"contrary to received opinion" (para, "beside," doxa, "opinion;" Eng. "paradox," "-ical"), is rendered "strange things" in Luke 5:26 .

outside, is rendered "strange" in Acts 26:11 , AV: see FOREIGN.

Note: In 1 Corinthians 14:21 (1st part), RV, heteroglossos, signifying "of a different tongue" (heteros, "another," glossa, "a tongue") is translated "of strange (AV, other) tongues."

denotes "to think something strange," 1 Peter 4:4,12 , Passive Voice, i.e., "they are surprised," and "be (not) surprised;" in Acts 17:20 , the present participle, Active, is rendered "strange," i.e., "surprising." See ENTERTAIN , LODGE.