Lexical Definition
ξενίζω xenízō (xen-id'-zo) to host G:V
from ξένος
entertain, lodge, (think it) strange.
- to be a host (passively, a guest)
- by implication, be (make, appear) strange
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ἐξένισεν | entertained | Acts.28.7 |
| he lodged | Acts.10.23 | |
| ξενισθῶμεν | we may lodge | Acts.21.16 |
| ξενίσαντεσ | have entertained | Heb.13.2 |
| ξενίζονται | they think it strange | 1Pet.4.4 |
| ξενίζοντα | Strange things | Acts.17.20 |
| ξενίζεται | is lodged | Acts.10.18 |
| lodges | Acts.10.6 • Acts.10.32 | |
| ξενίζεσθε | do be surprised | 1Pet.4.12 |
Abbott-Smith
** ξενίζω (< ξένος), [in LXX: Es 3:13, Si 29:25, II Mac 9:6, III Mac 7:3*;]
1. to receive as a guest, entertain: c. acc. pers., Ac 10:23 28:7, He 13:2; pass., Ac 10:6, 18, 32 21:16.
2. In late writers (Polyb., al.; II Mac 9:6), to surprise, astonish by strangeness: Ac 17:20; pass., I Pe 4:4, 12.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Ezra | 3:13 |
| Acts | 10:6 · 10:18 · 10:23 · 10:32 · 17:20 · 21:16 · 28:7 |
| Hebrews | 13:2 |
| 1 Peter | 4:4 · 4:12 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ξενίζω-ίζω,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ξεινίζω, future -ιῶ, later -ίσω[Refs]aorist ἐξείνισσα, ξείνισσα, -ισα (see. below): (ξένος):—receive or entertain as a guest, ξείνους [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξείνισ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξ. τινὰ πολλοῖς ἀγαθοῖς to present with hospitable gifts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμᾶς ἐν πόλει ξενίζωίσωμεν ὧν.. εἴχομεν with or on what we had, [Refs 5th c.BC+] i.e. who fell not in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: —passive, to be entertained as a guest, [ξενίζωισθεὶς μὴ ἀντιξενίζωίσαι 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.Acts.10.6, 21.16; πρός τινα 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 109: \_metaphorically\_, λαχάνοισιν, ὥσπερ χῆνες, ἐξενίζωισμένοι 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 13. ">NT+5th c.BC+]
__II surprise, astonish by some strange sight, ξενίζωίζουσαν καὶ καταπληκτικὴν πρόσοψιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ξ. τὴν ἀκοήν, of strange words, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ξ. [τὴν τῶν πολλῶν συνήθειαν] do violence to the ordinary use of language, [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—passive, to be astonished, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι [NT+2nd c.BC+]; to be puzzled, unable to comprehend, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of fresh leeches, to be unaccustomed to the skin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 make strange, of plants and animals, i.e. stunt their growth and distort them, [Refs]; τῷ πλήθει ξενίζωιζομένη ἡ φύσις being altered in character, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__III intransitive, to be a stranger, speak with a foreign accent, [ξενίζωίζον τῆς λέξεως 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.53, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 45. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.2 to be strange or unusual, of diseases, [ξενίζωίζων [prev. author] “Hist. Conscr.” 25. ">Refs 2nd c.AD+]