ξένος
xenosAdjectiveG3581
foreign
From: apparently a primary word;
Short Definition
foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer
Full Lexicon Entry
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 Usage: chiefly for נׇכְרִי
Grammar
Part of Speech Adjective
Morphology G:A
DescriptionGreek Adjective
Occurrences
14 timesAppears 14 times in the New Testament. Top books include:
Matthew
5
Acts
2
Ephesians
2
Hebrews
2
1 Peter
1
Key Passages
- 1 Peter 4:12
- Acts 17:18
- Ephesians 2:12
- Hebrews 11:13
- Matthew 25:35
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