Word Study · Strong's G3579 · Greek
ξενίζω
xenizo
xen-id'-zo
Strong's 1890 spelling: xenízō
“to be a host (passively, a guest)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange
Rendered in the KJV as
entertain, lodge, (think it) strange.
- 10occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- ξενίζεται2
- ἐξένισεν.1
- ἐξένισεν.¶1
- ξενίζεσθε1
- ξενίζεται.¶1
- ξενίζοντα1
- ξενίζονται1
- ξενίσαντες1
- ξενισθῶμεν,1
How it is rendered · 9
- lodges2
- do be surprised1
- entertained [us].1
- have entertained1
- he lodged [them].1
- is lodged.1
- Strange things1
- they think it strange1
- we may lodge,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- verb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singular3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 1st person plural1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · neuter plural1
- verb · present passive, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · present passive, command · 2nd person plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PPI-3S · 3
- V-AAI-3S · 2
- V-AAP-NPM · 1
- V-APS-1P · 1
- V-PAP-APN · 1
- V-PPI-3P · 1
- V-PPM-2P · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Acts7 occurrences
- Acts 10:6ξενίζεταιxenizetaiverb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singularHe is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”here: lodges
- Acts 10:18ξενίζεται.¶xenizetaiverb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singularThey called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.here: is lodged.
- Acts 10:23ἐξένισεν.exenisenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularSo Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.here: he lodged [them].
- Acts 10:32ξενίζεταιxenizetaiverb · present passive, statement · 3rd person singularTherefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’here: lodges
- Acts 17:20ξενίζονταxenizontaverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · neuter pluralFor you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”here: Strange things
- Acts 21:16ξενισθῶμεν,xenisthōmenverb · aorist (simple past) passive, subjunctive · 1st person pluralSome of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.here: we may lodge,
- Acts 28:7ἐξένισεν.¶exenisenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularNearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.here: entertained [us].
1 Peter2 occurrences
- 1 Peter 4:4ξενίζονταιxenizontaiverb · present passive, statement · 3rd person pluralBecause of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.here: they think it strange
- 1 Peter 4:12ξενίζεσθεxenizestheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluralBeloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.here: do be surprised