ξένος xenos · G3581

foreign

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., Ii, xv, 532) : Rom.16:23.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ξένος, ὁ, ; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ξεῖνος (also frequently in [], used by Trag. for the sake of meter even in trimeter, mostly in vocative, [], Aeolic dialect ξέννος []; scanned ¯ ?~X and written ξεῖνος in []. ; I guest-friend, applied to persons and states bound by a treaty or tie of hospitality, []; I.2 of parties giving or receiving hospitality, []; mostly of the guest, opposed to the host, ξεινοδόκοι καὶ ξεῖνος [], etc.; ἁ ξείνα the visitor, []; of guests at a club, opposed to …

Where it's used 14 times

Matthew 25:35 · Matthew 25:38 · Matthew 25:43 · Matthew 25:44 · Matthew 27:7 · Acts 17:18 · Acts 17:21 · Romans 16:23 · Ephesians 2:12 · Ephesians 2:19 · Hebrews 11:13 · Hebrews 13:9 · 1 Peter 4:12 · 3 John 1:5

Source: TBESG G3581; TFLSJ G3581

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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