Quick Definition
ξένος, η, ον Adj new, novel, a foreigner
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary word; foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer
KJV Usage: host, strange(-r)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -η, ον | ξενίζω
adjc. | -ου | ξενίζω
11.73 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Political
stranger, foreigner a person belonging to a socio-political group other than the reference group Terms for ‘stranger’ or ‘foreigner’ are often based upon geographical differences or upon lack of previous knowledge. For example, ‘I was a stranger’ may be rendered as ‘I came from another country’ or ‘I was not known to any of you.’
MAT 25:35 · MAT 25:38 · MAT 25:43 · MAT 25:44 · ACT 17:21 · EPH 2:12 · EPH 2:19 · HEB 11:13 · 3JN 1:5
34.60 · ((ου m)) · Association · Show Hospitality
host a person who shows hospitality to guests In rendering ‘host’ it may be necessary to employ a phrase, for example, ‘who welcomed and took care of us in his home.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ξένος, -n, -ov, fr. Hom. down, mase. a guest-friend (Lat. hospes, [of parties bound by ties of hospitality]),i-e. 1. a foreigner, stranger, (opp. to ἐπιχώριος, Plat. Phaedoc. 2 p- 59 b.; Joseph. b. 1. 5, 1, 3); a. prop.: Mt. xxv. 35, 38,43 sq.; xxvii. 7; 3Jn.5; ξένοι κ- παρεπίδημοι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, Heb. xi. 135 of ἐπιδημοῦντες ξένοι, Acts xvii. 21 ; opp. to συμπολίτης, Eph. ii. 19; (Sept. for MS a traveller, 2 S. xii. 4 cod. Alex.; for Ἢ), Job xxxi. 32; several times for "Ἴ22). [as adj. with] δαιμόνια, Acts xvii. 18. b. trop. a. alien (from a person or thing) ; without knowledge of, without a share in: with a gen. of the thing, τῶν διαθηκῶν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, Eph. 11. 12 [οἵ W. § 30, 4, 0] (τοῦ λόγου, Soph. Ο. T. 219). B. new, unheard of: διδαχαί, Heb. xiii. 9; ξένον τι, a strange, wonderful thing, 1 Pet. iv. 12 (Aeschyl. Prom. 688 ; Diod. 3, 15 and 52; al.). 2. tains another hospitably; with whom he stays or lodges, a one who receives and enterhost: ὁ ξένος pov, Ro. xvi. 23, where καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ὅλης is added, i. 6. either ‘who receives hospitably all the members of the church who cross his threshold,’ or ‘who kindly permits the church to worship in his house’ (Fritzsche).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χένος xenos 14x
strange, foreign, alien, Eph. 2:12, 19; strange, unexpected, surprising, 1 Pet. 4:12; novel, Heb. 13:9; subst. a stranger, Mt. 25:35, et al.; a host, Rom. 16:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ξένος, -η, -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for נׇכְרִי;]
foreign, alien: δαιμόνια, Ac 17:18; διδαχαί, He 13:9;
c. gen. rei, strange to, estranged from, ignorant of : Eph 2:12;
strange, unusual: I Pe 4:12.
As subst., ὁ ξ., 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;
one of the parties bound by ties of hospitality; the guest;
the host ( = ξενοδόκος, Hom., Il., xv, 532): Ro 16:23.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ξένος (xenos) — foreign. ξένος, ὁ, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ξεῖνος (also frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+], used by Trag. for the sake of meter even in trimeter, mostly in vocative, [Refs 5th c.BC+], Aeolic dialect ξέννος [Refs]; scanned ¯ ?~X and written ξεῖνος in [Refs 3rd c.BC+].
I. guest-friend, applied to persons and states bound by a treaty or tie of hospitality, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2. of parties giving or receiving hospitality, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; mostly of the guest, opposed to the host, ξεινοδόκοι καὶ ξεῖνος [Refs], etc.; ἁ ξείνα the visitor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of guests at a club, opposed to σύνδειπνοι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: less frequently of the host, [NT+8th c.BC+]
II. stranger, especially wanderer, refugee (under the protection of Ζεὺς ξένιος), sometimes coupled with ἱκέτης, Ζεὺς ἐπιτιμήτωρ ἱκετάων τε ξείνων τε ξείνιος [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III. generally, stranger, foreigner, opposed to ἔνδημος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀστός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐπιχώριος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with ἔπηλυς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; opposed to a member of the family, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
III. b as a term of address to any stranger, ὦ ξένε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. ={βάρβαρος}, at Sparta, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. hireling, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially mercenary soldier, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely simply, ally, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B as adjective ξένος, η, ον (also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ξεῖνος, η, ον, foreign, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in later writers, ξείνα γαῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ξένῃσι χερσί by foreign hands, [Refs]; ξ. δόμοι, πόλις, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of alien property, ξ. ἄρουραι [Refs 6th c.AD+] __B.II with genitive of things, strange to a thing, unacquainted with, ignorant of it, ξ. τοῦ λόγου [NT+5th c.BC+] adverb ξένως, ἔχω τῆς ἐνθάδε λέξεως I am a stranger to the mode of speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III strange, unusual, λόγοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ξένου συμβαίνοντος NT.1Pet.4.12 [NT]: superlative, πράξεων ὡς -οτάτων [Refs 1st c.BC+] adverb ξένως, λαλεῖν [Refs 1st c.BC+] __B.III.2 τοῦ πνεύματος.. ῥύσις ὡς -ωτάτη air as fresh as possible, [Refs 5th c.BC+]