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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - ‘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 invited Me in;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:38 - ‘And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me [with help and ministering care].’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - “Then they also [in their turn] will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or as a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:7 - So after consultation they used the money to buy the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:18 - And some of the [fn]Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to engage in conversation with him. And some said, “What could this idle babbler [with his eclectic, scrap-heap learning] have in mind to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities”—because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:21 - (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners visiting there used to spend their [leisure] time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:23 -

Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church here, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:12 - remember that at that time you were separated from Christ [excluded from any relationship with Him], alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise [with no share in the sacred Messianic promise and without knowledge of God’s agreements], having no hope [in His promise] and [living] in the world without God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:19 - So then you are no longer strangers and aliens [outsiders without rights of citizenship], but you are fellow citizens with the saints (God’s people), and are [members] of God’s household,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:13 -

All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:9 - Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:12 -

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test you [that is, to test the quality of your faith], as though something strange or unusual were happening to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:5 -

Beloved, you are acting faithfully in what you are providing for the brothers, and especially when they are strangers;

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