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Lexicon :: Strong's G3579 - xenizō

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ξενίζω
Transliteration
xenizō (Key)
Pronunciation
xen-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:1,661

Strong’s Definitions

ξενίζω xenízō, xen-id'-zo; from G3581; to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange:—entertain, lodge, (think it) strange.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G3579 in the following manner: lodge (6x), think it strange (2x), strange (1x), entertain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G3579 in the following manner: lodge (6x), think it strange (2x), strange (1x), entertain (1x).

  1. to receive as a guest, to entertain, hospitably

    1. to be received hospitably

    2. to stay as a guest, to lodge

    3. be lodged

  2. to surprise or astonish by the strangeness and novelty of a thing

    1. to think strange, be shocked

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ξενίζω xenízō, xen-id'-zo; from G3581; to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange:—entertain, lodge, (think it) strange.
STRONGS G3579:
ξενίζω; 1 aorist ἐξενισα; passive, present ξενίζομαι; 1 aorist ἐξενίσθην; from Homer down;
1. to receive as a guest, to entertain hospitably: τινα, Acts 10:23; Acts 28:7; Hebrews 13:2; passive to be recieved hospitably; to stay as a guest, to lodge (be lodged): ἐνθάδε, Acts 10:18; ἐν οἰκία τίνος, Acts 10:32; παρά τίνι, Acts 10:6; Acts 21:16 (cf. Buttmann, 284 (244); Winer's Grammar, 214 (201)), and sundry manuscripts in 1 Corinthians 16:19; (Diodorus 14, 30).
2. to surprise or astonish by the strangeness and novelty of a thing (cf. German befremden): ζενιζοντα τινα, Acts 17:20 (ξενιζουσα πρόσοψις καί καταπληκτικη, Polybius 3, 114, 4; τόν Θεόν ἐξενιζε τό πραττόμενον, Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 4; ξενιζουσαι συμφοραι, 2 Macc. 9:6); passive to be surprised, astonished at the novelty or strangeness of a thing; to think strange, be shocked: with the dative of the thing (Winer's Grammar, § 31, 1 f.), 1 Peter 4:12 (Polybius 1, 23, 5; 3,68, 9); ἐν with the dative of the thing (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 23), 1 Peter 4:4.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
10:6; 10:18; 10:23; 10:32; 17:20; 21:16; 28:7
1 Corinthians
16:19
Hebrews
13:2
1 Peter
4:4; 4:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3579 matches the Greek ξενίζω (xenizō),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:6 - He is staying with Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:18 - they asked if a man named Simon Peter was staying there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:23 - So Peter invited the men to stay for the night. The next day he went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:32 - Now send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter. He is staying in the home of Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:20 - “You are saying some rather strange things, and we want to know what it’s all about.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:16 - Some believers from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to the home of Mnason, a man originally from Cyprus and one of the early believers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:7 - Near the shore where we landed was an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and treated us kindly for three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:2 - Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:4 - Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they slander you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:12 - Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.
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