Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3581
ξένος
xenos · “foreign”
Used 14 times across 7 books
Definition
ξένος, -η, -ον
[in LXX chiefly for נׇכְרִי ;]
(a) foreign, alien: δαιμόνια, Act.17:18; διδαχαί Heb.13:9;
(b) with genitive of thing(s), strange to, estranged from, ignorant of: Eph.2:12;
(with) strange, unusual: 1Pe.4:12.
As subst., ὁ ξ.,
(a) a foreigner, stranger: Mat.25:35, 38 25:43-44 27:7, Act.17:21, 3Jn.5; ξέίνοι κ. τάροικοι (opposite to συμπολῖται, οίκεῖοι), Eph.2:19; ξ. καὶ παρεπίδημοι, Heb.11:13;
(b) one of the parties bound by ties of hospitality;
α the guest;
β the host (= ξενοδόκος, Hom., Ii, xv, 532) : Rom.16:23.†
[in LXX chiefly for נׇכְרִי ;]
(a) foreign, alien: δαιμόνια, Act.17:18; διδαχαί Heb.13:9;
(b) with genitive of thing(s), strange to, estranged from, ignorant of: Eph.2:12;
(with) strange, unusual: 1Pe.4:12.
As subst., ὁ ξ.,
(a) a foreigner, stranger: Mat.25:35, 38 25:43-44 27:7, Act.17:21, 3Jn.5; ξέίνοι κ. τάροικοι (opposite to συμπολῖται, οίκεῖοι), Eph.2:19; ξ. καὶ παρεπίδημοι, Heb.11:13;
(b) one of the parties bound by ties of hospitality;
α the guest;
β the host (= ξενοδόκος, Hom., Ii, xv, 532) : Rom.16:23.†
Where it appears
Matthew5
Acts2
Romans1
Ephesians2
Hebrews2
1 Peter1
3 John1
In the text
Matthew 25:35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:Matthew 25:38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?Matthew 25:43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.Matthew 25:44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?Matthew 27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.Acts 17:18Then 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.Acts 17:21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)Romans 16:23Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:Ephesians 2:19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
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