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GreekG3581Adjective

ξένος

xenos

14Occurrences
G3581Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
foreign, alien: δαιμόνια; *διδαχαί *; (b) with genitive of thing(s), strange to, estranged from, ignorant of: (with) strange, unusual. As subst., ὁ ξ., (a) a foreigner, stranger: ξέίνοι κ. *τάροικοι *(opposite to συμπολῖται, οίκεῖοι); ξ. καὶ παρεπίδημοι; (b) one of the parties bound by ties of hospitality; α the guest; β the host (= ξενοδόκος, Hom., Ii, xv, 532) .
LXX: chiefly for נׇכְרִי

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ξένος appears 14 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
5
Acts
2
Ephesians
2
Hebrews
2
1 Peter
1
3 John
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 4:12BSB

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Acts 17:18BSB

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

Ephesians 2:12BSB

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Hebrews 11:13BSB

All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Matthew 25:35BSB

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.