The meaning of “ξένος”
Understanding xénos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
apparently a primary word host, strange(-r). - foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel) - by implication, a gu...
ξένος
apparently a primary word host, strange(-r). - foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel) - by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 25:43 | “I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.” Word: ξένος (xénos) | |
| Acts 17:21 | “(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)” Word: ξένος (xénos) | |
| Romans 16:23 | “Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.” Word: ξένος (xénos) | |
| Ephesians 2:19 | “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;” Word: ξένος (xénos) | |
| Hebrews 13:9 | “Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.” Word: ξένος (xénos) |