Greek · Strong's G3581 · Adjective
ξένος
xenos
foreign
14times used
14verses
7books
How it's translated
- strangers6
- a stranger4
- of foreign1
- host1
- strange1
- a strange thing1
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…
Where it appears
- Matthew5
- Acts2
- Ephesians2
- Hebrews2
- Romans1
- 1 Peter1
- 3 John1
Every verse
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