Word study · lex.G3581
ξένος xenos
foreign · strange · stranger · host · guest
Team definition
An adjective for foreign, alien, strange, or unusual, including “strange to” with a genitive. As a noun it means a foreigner or stranger. It also names either party in a hospitality tie: the guest, or the host. Rom 16:23 uses the host sense (“who has hosted me,” BSB). The word describes that relationship. It does not identify the host with another person of the same name.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 14
Matt 25:35Matt 25:38Matt 25:43Matt 25:44Matt 27:7Acts 17:18Acts 17:21Rom 16:23Eph 2:12Eph 2:19Heb 11:13Heb 13:91 Pet 4:123 John 1:5
Senses
1. foreign, alien, or strange Acts 17:18, Heb 13:9, Eph 2:12
2. a foreigner or stranger Matt 25:35, Eph 2:19
3. a host, or a guest Rom 16:23
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. ξένος (G3581)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G3581
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
Amanuensis, companions, and the doxology (16:21–27) Rom 16:21; Rom 16:22; Rom 16:23; Rom 16:24; Rom 16:25; Rom 16:26; Rom 16:27