ΞΕΝΩΝ, ξενων
XENŌN, xenōn
Sounds Like: kseh-NOHN
Translations: of strangers, of foreigners, of guests, of hosts, of aliens, of Gentiles
From the root: ΞΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to those who are foreign, alien, or simply guests. It can be used as a noun meaning 'stranger' or 'foreigner,' or as an adjective meaning 'foreign' or 'alien.' In the provided examples, it is used in the genitive plural, indicating possession or relation to multiple strangers or foreigners.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3581 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:1
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 11:201
- Book 3 — 8:214
- Book 11 — 5:159
- Book 12 — 2:94
- Book 13 — 13:359
- Book 14 — 15:394
- Book 20 — 2:39, 4:81
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 29:143
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 11:38
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 17:18
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
- ΞΕΝΑΣ — foreign, strange, alien, unfamiliar, a foreigner, a stranger
- 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
- ΤΟΥΣΞΕΝΟΥΣ — the strangers, the foreigners, the guests, the aliens, the strange ones
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