Strong G3579ξενίζω
to host
- Transliteration
- xenizō
- Pronunciation
- xen-id'-xo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3581; to be a host (passively a guest); by implication be (make appear) strange: - entertain lodge (think it) strange.
Detailed definition
ξενίζω
(ξένος), [in LXX: Est.3:13, Sir.29:25, 2Ma.9:6, 3Ma.7:3 *;]
1. to receive as a guest, entertain: with accusative of person(s), Act.10:23 28:7, Heb.13:2; pass., Act.10:6, 18 10:32 21:16.
2. In late writers (Polyb., al.; 2Mac, l.with), to surprise, astonish by strangeness: Act.17:20; pass., 1Pe.4:4 4:12.†
(AS)
(ξένος), [in LXX: Est.3:13, Sir.29:25, 2Ma.9:6, 3Ma.7:3 *;]
1. to receive as a guest, entertain: with accusative of person(s), Act.10:23 28:7, Heb.13:2; pass., Act.10:6, 18 10:32 21:16.
2. In late writers (Polyb., al.; 2Mac, l.with), to surprise, astonish by strangeness: Act.17:20; pass., 1Pe.4:4 4:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3579 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lodge5
- strange2
- think2
- entertain1
- lodgeth1
First verses
- Acts 10:6He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
- Acts 10:18And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
- Acts 10:23Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
- Acts 10:32Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
- Acts 17:20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
- Acts 21:16There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
- Acts 28:7In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
- Hebrews 13:2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
- 1 Peter 4:4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
- 1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ξεν-ίζω,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ξεινίζω, future -ιῶ, later -ίσω[Refs (“Geoponica” 12.13.12: _Epic dialect_)]aorist ἐξείνισσα, ξείνισσα, -ισα (see. below): (ξένος):—receive or entertain as a guest, ξείνους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.355; τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ.. ἐῢ ἐξείνισσα 19.194; ἐννῆμαρ ξείνισσε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.174)]; ξείνισ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 217; ξ. τινὰ ἐν δόμοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1013, etc.; ξ. [τινὰ] σίτοισι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 666)]; ξ. τινὰ πολλοῖς ἀγαθοῖς to present with hospitable gifts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.2)]; ὑμᾶς ἐν πόλει ξενίσωμεν ὧν.. εἴχομεν with or on what we had, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1184: _metaphorically_, ὃν.. Ἄρης οὐκ ἐξένισεν,)] i.e. who fell not in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 96 (_anapaest meter_))]: —passive, to be entertained as a guest, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 73; ξενισθεὶς μὴ ἀντιξενίσαι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.30 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; ὑπό τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.24, etc.; παρά τινι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.30, NT.Act.10.6, 21.16; πρός τινα 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 109: _metaphorically_, λαχάνοισιν, ὥσπερ χῆνες, ἐξενισμένοι 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 13.)]
II surprise, astonish by some strange sight, ξενίζουσαν καὶ καταπληκτικὴν πρόσοψιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.114.4)]; ξ. τὴν ἀκοήν, of strange words, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 6.14; ξ. καὶ ταράττειν “Geoponica” 2.48.2)]; ξ. [τὴν τῶν πολλῶν συνήθειαν] do violence to the ordinary use of language, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 679.28)]:—passive, to be astonished, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 137)]; τινι [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.23.5, 3.68.9, NT.1Pet.4.12; διὰ τὸ παράδοξον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.49.7; ἐπί τινι [prev. author] 2.27.4, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 31.2; κατά τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.33.1; μὴ συντρεχόντων ὑμῶν NT.1Pet.4.4; εἰ.. 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.15, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 302.17; πῶς.. “PStrassb.” 35.6 (5th c.AD))]; to be puzzled, unable to comprehend, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 1.6)]; of fresh leeches, to be unaccustomed to the skin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.21.1.)]
II.2 make strange, of plants and animals, i.e. stunt their growth and distort them, [Refs (“Geoponica” 9.5.3 (_passive_))]; τῷ πλήθει ξενιζομένη ἡ φύσις being altered in character, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 1.80, compare “Hippiatrica” 15.)]
III intransitive, to be a stranger, speak with a foreign accent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.18; τὸ ξενίζον τῆς λέξεως 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.53, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 45.)]
III.2 to be strange or unusual, of diseases, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).162; ξ. τῷ σχήματι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 16; τῷ τρίβωνι [prev. author] “Merc.Cond.” 24; θάνατος.. τῇ τόλμῃ ξενίζων [prev. author] “Hist. Conscr.” 25.)]
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ξεινίζω, future -ιῶ, later -ίσω[Refs (“Geoponica” 12.13.12: _Epic dialect_)]aorist ἐξείνισσα, ξείνισσα, -ισα (see. below): (ξένος):—receive or entertain as a guest, ξείνους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.355; τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ.. ἐῢ ἐξείνισσα 19.194; ἐννῆμαρ ξείνισσε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.174)]; ξείνισ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 217; ξ. τινὰ ἐν δόμοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1013, etc.; ξ. [τινὰ] σίτοισι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 666)]; ξ. τινὰ πολλοῖς ἀγαθοῖς to present with hospitable gifts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.3.2)]; ὑμᾶς ἐν πόλει ξενίσωμεν ὧν.. εἴχομεν with or on what we had, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1184: _metaphorically_, ὃν.. Ἄρης οὐκ ἐξένισεν,)] i.e. who fell not in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 96 (_anapaest meter_))]: —passive, to be entertained as a guest, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 73; ξενισθεὶς μὴ ἀντιξενίσαι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.30 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; ὑπό τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.24, etc.; παρά τινι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.30, NT.Act.10.6, 21.16; πρός τινα 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 109: _metaphorically_, λαχάνοισιν, ὥσπερ χῆνες, ἐξενισμένοι 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 13.)]
II surprise, astonish by some strange sight, ξενίζουσαν καὶ καταπληκτικὴν πρόσοψιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.114.4)]; ξ. τὴν ἀκοήν, of strange words, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 6.14; ξ. καὶ ταράττειν “Geoponica” 2.48.2)]; ξ. [τὴν τῶν πολλῶν συνήθειαν] do violence to the ordinary use of language, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 679.28)]:—passive, to be astonished, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 137)]; τινι [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.23.5, 3.68.9, NT.1Pet.4.12; διὰ τὸ παράδοξον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.49.7; ἐπί τινι [prev. author] 2.27.4, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 31.2; κατά τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.33.1; μὴ συντρεχόντων ὑμῶν NT.1Pet.4.4; εἰ.. 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.15, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 302.17; πῶς.. “PStrassb.” 35.6 (5th c.AD))]; to be puzzled, unable to comprehend, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 1.6)]; of fresh leeches, to be unaccustomed to the skin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 7.21.1.)]
II.2 make strange, of plants and animals, i.e. stunt their growth and distort them, [Refs (“Geoponica” 9.5.3 (_passive_))]; τῷ πλήθει ξενιζομένη ἡ φύσις being altered in character, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 1.80, compare “Hippiatrica” 15.)]
III intransitive, to be a stranger, speak with a foreign accent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.18; τὸ ξενίζον τῆς λέξεως 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.53, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 45.)]
III.2 to be strange or unusual, of diseases, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).162; ξ. τῷ σχήματι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 16; τῷ τρίβωνι [prev. author] “Merc.Cond.” 24; θάνατος.. τῇ τόλμῃ ξενίζων [prev. author] “Hist. Conscr.” 25.)]