ξενίζωxenízō
to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange
Greek (New Testament) · G3579
Meanings
1. to receive as a guest, entertain: with accusative of person, Acts 10:23, Acts 28:7, Hebrews 13:2; passive, Acts 10:6, Acts 10:18, Acts 10:32, Acts 21:16.
2. In late writers (Polyb., and elsewhere; 2 Maccabees 9:6), to surprise, astonish by strangeness: Acts 17:20; passive, 1 Peter 4:4, 1 Peter 4:12.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Acts 10:6 He is staying with Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.”
- Acts 10:18 they asked if a man named Simon Peter was staying there.
- Acts 10:23 So Peter invited the men to stay for the night. The next day he went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
- Acts 10:32 Now send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter. He is staying in the home of Simon, a tanner who lives near the seashore.’
- Acts 17:20 “You are saying some rather strange things, and we want to know what it’s all about.”
- Acts 21:16 Some believers from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to the home of Mnason, a man originally from Cyprus and one of the early believers.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.