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Lexicon :: Strong's G3581 - xenos

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ξένος
Transliteration
xenos (Key)
Pronunciation
xen'-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:1,661

Strong’s Definitions

ξένος xénos, xen'-os; apparently a primary word; foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer:—host, strange(-r).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G3581 in the following manner: stranger (10x), strange (3x), host (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G3581 in the following manner: stranger (10x), strange (3x), host (1x).

  1. a foreigner, a stranger

    1. alien (from a person or a thing)

    2. without the knowledge of, without a share in

    3. new, unheard of

  2. one who receives and entertains another hospitably

    1. with whom he stays or lodges, a host

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ξένος xénos, xen'-os; apparently a primary word; foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer:—host, strange(-r).
STRONGS G3581:
ξένος, ξένῃ, ξένον, from Homer down, masculine a guest-friend (Latin hopes (of parties bound by ties of hospitality)), i. e.:
1. a foreigner, stranger (opposed to ἐπιχώριος, Plato, Phaedo c. 2, p. 59 b.; Josephus, b. j. 5, 1, 3);
a. properly: Matthew 25:35, 38, 43; Matthew 27:7; 3 John 1:5; ξένοι καί παρεπίδημοί ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Hebrews 11:13; οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες ξένοι, Acts 17:21; opposed to συμπολίτης, Ephesians 2:19; (the Sept. for אֹרֵחַ, a traveler, 2 Samuel 12:4, Alex. manuscript; for נֵר, Job 31:32; several times for נָכְרִי). (as adjective with) δαιμόνια, Acts 17:18.
b. tropically,
α. alien (from a person or thing); without knowledge of, without a share in: with a genitive of the thing, τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, Ephesians 2:12 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 4, 6) (τοῦ λόγου, Sophocles O. T. 219).
β. new, unheard of: διδαχαι, Hebrews 13:9; ξένον τί a strange, wonderful thing, 1 Peter 4:12 (Aeschylus Prom. 688; Diodorus 3, 15 and 52; others).
2. one echo receives and entertains another hospitably; with whom he stays or lodges, a host: ὁ ξένος μου, Romans 16:23, where καί τῆς ἐκκλησίας ὅλης is added, i. e. either 'who receives hospitably all the members of the church who cross his threshold,' or 'who kindly permits the church to worship in his house' (Fritzsche).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
12:4
Job
31:32
Matthew
25:35; 25:38; 25:43; 27:7
Acts
17:18; 17:21
Romans
16:23
Ephesians
2:12; 2:19
Hebrews
11:13; 13:9
1 Peter
4:12
3 John
1:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3581 matches the Greek ξένος (xenos),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, G3581 and ye took me in:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:38 - When saw we thee a stranger, G3581 and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - I was a stranger, G3581 and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, G3581 or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:7 - And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers G3581 in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 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 G3581 gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:21 - (For all the Athenians and strangers G3581 which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:23 - Gaius mine host, G3581 and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:12 - That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers G3581 from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:19 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers G3581 and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:13 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers G3581 and pilgrims on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:9 - Be not carried about with divers and strange G3581 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:12 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing G3581 happened unto you:

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:5 - Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; G3581
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