Strong's Greek · G3581
G3581 xénos
ξένος
xen'-os
foreign
Looking for Hebrew H3581 kôach? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G3581. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
xénos appears 14 times in Scripture, including Matthew 25:35 and Acts 17:18. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer
In the King James Version
host, strange(-r)
Derivation
apparently a primary word;
Appears 14 times in Scripture
“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.”
“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.”
“After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.”
“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 look after Me.’”
“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?’”
“Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.”
“Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.”
“When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?”
“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,”
“Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
