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strange

Meaning of “strange”

Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

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76 occurrences73 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 35:2

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Hosea 8:12
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 8:12 · retained source text

I haue written to him the great things of my Law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

Zephaniah 1:8
And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king’s children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:8 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in the day of the LORDs Sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the kings children, and al such as are clothed with strange apparell.

1611 marginal noteHeb. visite vpon.

Malachi 2:11
¶ Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Malachi 2:11 · retained source text

¶ Iudah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Ierusalem: for Iudah hath prophaned the holinesse of the LORD which he loued, and hath maried the daughter of a strange God.

1611 marginal noteOr, ought to loue.

Luke 5:26
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 5:26 · retained source text

And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with feare, saying, Wee haue seene strange things to day.

Acts 7:6
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 7:6 · retained source text

And God spake on this wise, that his seede should soiourne in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and intreate them euill foure hundreth yeeres.

Acts 17:18
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 17:18 · retained source text

Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoikes, encountred him: and some said, What will this babbler say? Othersome, He seemeth to be a setter foorth of strange gods: because hee preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.

1611 marginal noteOr, base fellow.

Acts 17:20
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 17:20 · retained source text

For thou bringest certaine strange things to our eares: we would know therefore what these things meane.

Acts 26:11
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 26:11 · retained source text

And I punished them oft in euery Synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them euen vnto strange cities.

Hebrews 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 11:9 · retained source text

By faith hee soiourned in the land of promise, as in a strange countrey, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Iacob, the heires with him of the same promise.

Hebrews 13:9
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hebrews 13:9 · retained source text

Be not caried about with diuers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with meates, which haue not profited them that haue beene occupied therein.

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