noun · feminine

xenias

Greekξενία (xenia)

Strong’sG3578

lodging, hospitality

stem xeni-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

guest room1×lodging1×

What it means

** ξενία, -ας, ἡ

(< ξένος), [in LXX: Si 29:27 B1*;]

hospitality, entertainment: Phm 22 (cf. ICC, in l., but v. infr.). By meton., a place of entertainment, a lodging-place: Ac 28:23, and so perh. Phm 22 (Lft., in l., Phl., p. 9; but v. supr., and cf. MM, xvii).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3578 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidxen-ee'-ah

hospitality, i.e. (by implication) a place of entertainment

Fromfrom G3581;

King Jameslodging.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	xenias	xeniais
object accusative	xenian2×ξενίαν	xeniain
direct address vocative	xeniar	xeniair
of, belonging to genitive	xeniau	xeniaiu
to, for dative	xenia	xeniai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

xenistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

xenia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

xenian“lodging”objectaccusative singular2×

Acts 28:23“lodging”Tasseratois de auto hēmeran hēkale pros auton eis tan xenian polloterois, hoi ektithete diamarturerōtos tan basileian tou theou peitharōtos tē autoin peri tou Iēsu apo tē tou nomou Mōusou kai toiu profētoiu apo prōi heōs hesperau.So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Philemon 1:22“guest room”hama de kai hetoimazasōr mi xenian, elpizamō gar hoti dia taiu proseuchaiu vu charizimi vi.In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.