Greek · Strong's G3581 · Adjective

ξένος

xenos

foreign

14times used
14verses
7books

How it's translated

Definition

ξένος, -η, -ον

[in LXX chiefly for נׇכְרִי ;]

(a) foreign, alien: δαιμόνια, Act.17:18; διδαχαί Heb.13:9;

(b) with genitive of thing(s), strange to, estranged from, ignorant of: Eph.2:12;

(with) strange, unusual: 1Pe.4:12.

As subst., ὁ ξ.,

(a) a foreigner, stranger: Mat.25:35, 38 25:43-44 27:7, Act.17:21, 3Jn.5; ξέίνοι κ. τάροικοι (opposite to συμπολῖται, οίκεῖοι), Eph.2:19; ξ. καὶ παρεπίδημοι, Heb.11:13;

(b) one of the parties bound by ties of hospitality;

α the guest;

β the host (= ξενοδόκος, Hom…

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