adjective

xenos

Greekξένος (xenos)

Strong’sG3581

new, novel, a foreigner

stem xen-14 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books8 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

strangers5×stranger4×strange2×foreign1×foreigners1×host1×

What it means

ξένος, -η, -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for נׇכְרִי;]

(a) foreign, alien: δαιμόνια, Ac 17:18; διδαχαί, He 13:9;

(b) c. gen. rei, strange to, estranged from, ignorant of : Eph 2:12;

As subst., ὁ ξ.,

(a) a foreigner, stranger: Mt 25:35, 38, 43, 44 27:7, Ac 17:21, III Jo 5; ξένοι κ. τάροικοι (opp. to συμπολῖται, οίκεῖοι), Eph 2:19; ξ. καὶ παρεπίδημοι, He 11:13;

(b) one of the parties bound by ties of hospitality;

α the guest;

β the host (= ξενοδόκος, Hom., Il., xv, 532): Ro 16:23.†

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

Strong’s G3581 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidxen'-os

foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer

Fromapparently a primary word;

King Jameshost, strange(-r).

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	xenos3×ξένος	xenas	xenem	xenois4×ξένοι	xenais	xeneim
object accusative	xenon2×ξένον	xenan		xenoin1×ξένους	xenain
direct address vocative	xenor	xenar		xenoir	xenair
of, belonging to genitive	xenou	xenau	xeneu1×ξένου	xenoiu	xenaiu	xeneiu1×Ξένων
to, for dative	xeno	xena	xene	xenoi1×ξένοις	xenai1×ξέναις	xenei

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

xenstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

xen 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

14 occurrences, every one of them listed

xenos“stranger”subjectnominative singular3×

Matthew 25:35“stranger”peinama gar kai dōava mi esthiara, dipsama kai potizava min, xenos eme kai sunagava min,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 25:43“stranger”xenos eme kai ouk sunagava min, gumnos kai ouk periballava min, asthenon kai en fulaka kai ouk episkepteva min.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.’

Romans 16:23“host”aspazetō vin Gaios tos xenos mu kai holau tau ekklēsau. aspazetō vin Erastos tos oikonomos tau politau kai Kouartos tos adelfos.Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.

xenon“stranger”objectaccusative singular2×

Matthew 25:38“stranger”pote de sin horana xenon kai sunagana, ē gumnon kai periballana?When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

Matthew 25:44“stranger”tote apokrinili kai autois legarōtois; Kurior, pote sin horana peinarōton ē dipsarōton ē xenon ē gumnon ē asthenon ē en fulaka kai ouk diakonana si?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?’

xeneu“strange”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

1 Peter 4:12“strange”Agapētoir, mē xenizivōr ta en vi purōsia pros peirasmon vi ginerōta hōs xeneu vi sumbainarōteu,Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

xenois“strangers”subjectnominative plural4×

Acts 17:21“foreigners”Athēnaiois de pantois kai tois epidēmarōtois xenois eis oudenem heterem eukairale ē legarō tinem ē akouarō tinem kainoterem.Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

Ephesians 2:12“strangers”hoti ave to kairo ekeino chōris Christou, apallotriirētois tau politeiau tou Israēl kai xenois taiu diathēkaiu tau epangeliau, elpian mē echarōtois kai atheois en to kosmo.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.

Ephesians 2:19“strangers”ara oun ouketi avō xenois kai paroikois, alla avō sumpolitois toiu hagioiu kai oikeiois tou theou,Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

Hebrews 11:13“strangers”Kata pistian apothnēskala houtois pantois, mē lambaratois tain epangeliain, alla porrōthen autain horaratois kai aspazeratois, kai homologaratois hoti xenois kai parepidēmois alō epi tau gēau.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.

xenoin“strangers”objectaccusative plural1×

3 John 1:5“strangers”Agapētor, pistem poiasō hem ean ergazeseia eis toin adelfoin kai houtem xenoin,Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.

xenoi“strangers”to, fordative plural1×

Matthew 27:7“strangers”sumbouliem de lambaratois agorazala ek auteiu ton Agron tou Keramevou eis tafan toi xenoi.After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

xenai“strange”to, fordative plural1×

Hebrews 13:9“strange”didachai poikilai kai xenai mē paraferivōr; kalem gar charia bebaiirō tan kardian, ouk brōmei, en hei ouk ōfelila tois peripatarōtois.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.

xeneiu“foreign”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Acts 17:18“foreign”tinois de kai toiu Epikoureioiu kai Stoikoiu filosofoiu sumballale auto, kai tinois legale; Tinem an thelatoiō tos spermologos houtos legarō? tois de; Xeneiu daimoneiu dokatō katangeleuos arō; hoti ton Iēsun kai tan anastasian euangelizete.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.