Strong's Lexicon
G3579 — ξενίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3579 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ξενίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3581 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | xenizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | xen-id'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to be a host 2. (passively) to be a guest 3. (by implication) be (make, appear) strange |
| KJV Renderings: | entertain, lodge, (think it) strange |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ξενίζω; 1 aorist ἐξενισα; passive, present ξενίζομαι; 1 aorist ἐξενίσθην; from Homer down;
1. to receive as a guest, to entertain hospitably: τινα, Act 10:23; Act 28:7; Heb 13:2; passive to be recieved hospitably; to stay as a guest, to lodge (be lodged): ἐνθάδε, Act 10:18; ἐν οἰκία τίνος, Act 10:32; παρά τίνι, Act 10:6; Act 21:16 (cf. Buttmann, 284 (244); Winer’s Grammar, 214 (201)), and sundry manuscripts in 1Co 16:19; (Diodorus 14, 30).
2. to surprise or astonish by the strangeness and novelty of a thing (cf. German befremden): ζενιζοντα τινα, Act 17:20 (ξενιζουσα πρόσοψις καί καταπληκτικη, Polybius 3, 114, 4; τόν Θεόν ἐξενιζε τό πραττόμενον, Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 4; ξενιζουσαι συμφοραι, 2Ma 9:6); passive to be surprised, astonished at the novelty or strangeness of a thing; to think strange, be shocked: with the dative of the thing (Winer’s Grammar, § 31, 1 f.), 1Pe 4:12 (Polybius 1, 23, 5; 3,68, 9); ἐν with the dative of the thing (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 23), 1Pe 4:4.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ξενίζω (entertain)
Acts 10:6
- KJV: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner whose house is by the sea side he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do
- GK: ούτος ξενίζεται παρά τινι Σίμωνι βυρσεί ω εστιν οικία παρά θάλασσαν ούτος λαλήσει σοι τι σε ποιείν
Acts 10:18
- KJV: And called and asked whether Simon which was surnamed Peter were lodged there
- GK: και φωνήσαντες επυνθάνοντο ει Σίμων ο επικαλούμενος Πέτρος ενθάδε ξενίζεται
Acts 10:23
- KJV: Then called he them in and lodged And on the morrow Peter went away with them and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him
- GK: εισκαλεσάμενος ουν αυτούς εξένισε τη δε επαύριον ο Πέτρος εξήλθε συν αυτοίς και τινες των αδελφών των από Ιόππης συνήλθον αυτώ
Acts 10:32
- KJV: Send therefore to Joppa and call hither Simon whose surname is Peter he is lodged in the house of Simon a tanner by the sea side who when he cometh shall speak unto thee
- GK: πέμψον ούν εις Ιόππην και μετακάλεσαι Σίμωνα ος επικαλείται Πέτρος ούτος ξενίζεται εν οικία Σίμωνος βυρσέως παρά θάλασσαν ος παραγενόμενος λαλήσει σοι
Acts 17:20
- KJV: For thou bringest certain strange to our ears we would know therefore what these things mean
- GK: ξενίζοντα γαρ τινα εισφέρεις εις τας ακοάς ημών βουλόμεθα ούν γνώναι τι αν θέλοι ταύτα είναι
Acts 21:16
- KJV: There went with us also of the disciples of Cæsarea and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus an old disciple with whom we should lodge
- GK: συνήλθον δε και των μαθητών από Καισαρείας συν ημίν άγοντες παρ΄ ω ξενισθώμεν Μνάσωνί τινι Κυπρίω αρχαίω μαθητή
Acts 28:7
- KJV: In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island name was Publius who received us and lodged us three days courteously
- GK: εν δε τοις περί τον τόπον εκείνον υπήρχε χωρία τω πρώτω της νήσου ονόματι Ποπλίω ος αναδεξάμενος ημάς τρείς ημέρας φιλοφρόνως εξένισεν
Hebrews 13:2
- KJV: Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for there by some have entertained angels unawares
- GK: της φιλοξενίας μη επιλανθάνεσθε διά ταύτης γαρ έλαθόν ξενίσαντες αγγέλους
1 Peter 4:4
- KJV: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with to the same excess of riot speaking evil of
- GK: εν ω ξενίζονται μη συντρεχόντων υμών εις την αυτήν της ασωτίας ανάχυσιν βλασφημούντες