ΞΕΝΑΣ, ξενας
XENAS, xenas
Sounds Like: XEH-nas
Translations: foreign, strange, alien, unfamiliar, a foreigner, a stranger
From the root: ΞΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is foreign, strange, or alien. It can refer to people from another country or to things that are unfamiliar or unusual. In the provided examples, it is used in the plural to describe 'foreign forces' (δυνάμεις ξένας), 'strange teachings' (διδαχάς ξένας), and 'strange things' (ξένας).
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3581 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 9:55
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 10:24
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 8 — 6:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΞΕΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΞΕΝ — foreign, strange, a foreigner, a stranger, an alien, a guest, a host
- ΞΕΝΑ — foreign, strange, unusual, a foreigner, a stranger, a strange thing, a strange woman, a strange land
- ΞΕΝΑΙ — foreign, strange, unfamiliar, alien, a foreigner, a stranger
- ΞΕΝΑΙΣ — (to) foreign, (to) strange, (to) alien, (to) unfamiliar
- ΞΕΝΗ — foreign, strange, alien, a foreigner, a stranger, a guest, a host, foreign land, abroad
- ΞΕΝΗΝ — foreign, strange, an alien, a stranger, a guest, a host, an unknown
- ΞΕΝΗΣ — (of) a stranger, (of) a foreigner, (of) a host, (of) a guest, (of) a strange land, (of) a foreign land
- ΞΕΝΙΚΟΝ — foreign, strange, alien, a foreign contingent, a foreign army, a foreign multitude
- ΞΕΝΙΚΩΝ — of foreign, of strange, of alien, of unusual, of hostile
- ΞΕΝΙΟΝ — guest-gift, present, gift of hospitality, a guest-gift, a present, a gift of hospitality
- ΞΕΝΟΙ — strangers, foreigners, guests, aliens, strange, unfamiliar
- ΞΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) strangers, (to) foreigners, (to) guests, (to) aliens
- ΞΕΝΟΝ — strange, foreign, a stranger, a foreigner, an alien, unusual
- ΞΕΝΟΣ — stranger, a stranger, foreigner, a foreigner, guest, a guest, host, a host, alien, an alien
- ΞΕΝΟΥ — of a stranger, of a guest, of a foreigner, of an alien, of a host
- ΞΕΝΟΥΣ — strangers, foreigners, guests, hosts
- ΞΕΝΩ — to entertain, to lodge, to be a guest, to be a stranger, to be estranged, to be alienated, to be foreign; (to) a stranger, (to) a foreigner, (to) a guest, (to) a host
- ΞΕΝΩΝ — of strangers, of foreigners, of guests, of hosts, of aliens, of Gentiles
- ΤΟΥΣΞΕΝΟΥΣ — the strangers, the foreigners, the guests, the aliens, the strange ones
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