Greek adjective · G3581
ξένος
xenosxen'-os
foreign
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: xénos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3581is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3581
foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer
The King James renders it: host, strange(-r).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
xenos is rendered "foreign". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 25:35For 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 took Me in,
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
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 took Me in,
Matthew 25:35ξένος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- strangers6
- a stranger4
- a strange thing1
- host1
- Of foreign1
- strange1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ξενοδοχέω | xenodocheo | to show hospitality | Uses1 |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ξένοι4
- ξένος3
- ξένον2
- ξέναις1
- ξένοις1
- ξένου1
- ξένους1
- ξένων1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4A-NPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3A-NSM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular2A-ASM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural1A-APM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural1A-DPF
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1A-DPM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1A-GPN
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1A-GSN
Matthew
five uses
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 took Me in,
- ξένοςxenosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a stranger
When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?
- ξένονxenonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a stranger
I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
- ξένοςxenosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a stranger
And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
- ξένονxenonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a stranger
After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
- ξένοιςxenoisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: strangers
Acts
two uses
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
- ξένωνxenonadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: Of foreign
Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
- ξένοιxenoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: strangers
Romans
one use
Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
- ξένοςxenosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: host
Ephesians
two uses
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- ξένοιxenoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: strangers
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- ξένοιxenoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: strangers
Hebrews
two uses
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- ξένοιxenoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: strangers
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
- ξέναιςxenaisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: strange
1 Peter
one use
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- ξένουxenouadjective · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: a strange thing
3 John
one use
Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.
- ξένουςxenousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: strangers
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.