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Strong's G3581 ξένος (xenos)

Xenos means “host” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3581 — koach (“power”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3581
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 19

Strong's G3581 Quick Answer

Strong's G3581 ξένος (xenos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. xenos (xen'-os) adj. 1. foreign 2. (literally) alien It has 33 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include host and aliens. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
xenos (xen'-os) adj. 1. foreign 2. (literally) alien
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
host and aliens

Meaning and Definition

xenos (xen'-os) adj. 1. foreign 2. (literally) alien 3. (figuratively) novel 4. (by implication, actively) a host 5. (by implication, passively) a guest [apparently a primary word] KJV: host, strange(-r)

Original Word
ξένος
Transliteration
xenos
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3581. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

foreign

Usage: ξένος, -η, -ον [in LXX chiefly for נׇכְרִי ;] __(a) foreign, alien: δαιμόνια, Act.17:18; διδαχαί Heb.13:9; __(b) with genitive of thing(s), strange to, estranged from, ignorant of: Eph.2:12; __(with) strange, unusual: 1Pe.4:12. As subst., ὁ ξ., __(a) a foreigner, stranger: Mat.25:35, 38 25:43-44 27:7, Act.17:21, 3Jn.5; ξέίνοι κ. τάροικοι (opposite to συμπολῖται, οίκεῖοι), Eph.2:19; ξ. καὶ παρεπίδημοι, Heb.11:13; __(b) one of the parties bound by ties of hospitality; __α the guest;

__β the host (= ξενοδόκος, Hom., Ii, xv, 532) : Rom.16:23.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3581 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render xenos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G3581 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 14 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3581 (ξένος) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3581 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3581 in the New Testament

14 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 25:35 KJV

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Matthew 25:38 KJV

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

Matthew 25:43 KJV

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.

Strong's G3581 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

9 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Ruth 2:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger?

1 Kingdoms 9:13 Septuagint / Brenton

As soon as ye shall enter into the city, so shall ye find him in the city, before he goes up to Bama to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes in, for he blesses the sacrifice, and afterward the guests eat; now then go up, for ye shall find him because of the holiday.

2 Kingdoms 12:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And a traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveler that came to him; and he took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him.

Strong's G3581 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

10 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 11:38 Septuagint / Brenton

After this, when King Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces, every one to his own place, except certain bands of strangers, whom he had gathered from the isles of the heathen: wherefore all the forces of his fathers hated him.

2 Maccabees 5:9 Septuagint / Brenton

Thus he that had driven many out of their country perished in a strange land, retiring to the Lacedaemonians, and thinking there to find succor by reason of his kindred:

2 Maccabees 9:28 Septuagint / Brenton

Thus the murderer and blasphemer having suffered most grievously, as he entreated other men, so died he a miserable death in a strange country in the mountains.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3581.

Ruth 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger?
1 Kingdoms 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As soon as ye shall enter into the city, so shall ye find him in the city, before he goes up to Bama to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes in, for he blesses the sacrifice, and afterward the guests eat; now then go up, for ye shall find him because of the holiday.
2 Kingdoms 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveler that came to him; and he took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him.
2 Kingdoms 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why dost thou also go with us? return, and dwell with the king, for thou art a stranger, and thou hast come forth as a sojourner out of thy place.
Job 31:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the stranger did not lodge without, And my door was opened to everyone that came):
Psalms 68:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I became strange to my brethren, And a stranger to my mother’s children.
Ecclesiastes 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A man to whom God shall give Wealth, and substance, and honor, And he wants nothing for his soul Of all things that he shall desire, Yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, For a stranger shall devour it: This is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
Isaiah 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden down.
Lamentations 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, Our houses to strangers:
Matthew 25:35 New Testament, KJV
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Matthew 25:38 New Testament, KJV
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Matthew 25:43 New Testament, KJV
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.
Matthew 25:44 New Testament, KJV
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Matthew 27:7 New Testament, KJV
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
Acts 17:18 New Testament, KJV
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Acts 17:21 New Testament, KJV
(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.)
Romans 16:23 New Testament, KJV
Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
Ephesians 2:12 New Testament, KJV
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Ephesians 2:19 New Testament, KJV
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Hebrews 11:13 New Testament, KJV
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Hebrews 13:9 New Testament, KJV
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.
1 Peter 4:12 New Testament, KJV
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
3 John 1:5 New Testament, KJV
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
1 Maccabees 11:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
After this, when King Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces, every one to his own place, except certain bands of strangers, whom he had gathered from the isles of the heathen: wherefore all the forces of his fathers hated him.
2 Maccabees 5:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus he that had driven many out of their country perished in a strange land, retiring to the Lacedaemonians, and thinking there to find succor by reason of his kindred:
2 Maccabees 9:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus the murderer and blasphemer having suffered most grievously, as he entreated other men, so died he a miserable death in a strange country in the mountains.
2 Maccabees 10:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Timothy, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had gathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a few, came as though he would take Jewry by force of arms.
3 Maccabees 6:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
look upon the seed of Abraham, upon the children of the sanctified Jacob, thy sanctified inheritance, O Father, now being wrongfully destroyed as strangers in a strange land.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Instead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine own people, Thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, Even quails to stir up their appetite:
Wisdom of Solomon 16:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
To the end that they, desiring food, Might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them Loath even that, which they must needs desire; But these, suffering penury for a short space, Might be made partakers of a strange taste.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, Were scourged by the strength of thine arm: With strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, And through fire were they consumed.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And that thy people might pass through a wonderful way: But they might find a strange death.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Sodomites did not receive those, whom they knew not when they came: But these brought friends into bondage, that had well deserved of them.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3581, grouped by book.

Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 5 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
3 John 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3581 FAQ

What does xenos (ξένος) mean?

Xenos (Strong's G3581) is a Greek word most simply glossed "host". xenos (xen'-os) adj. 1. foreign 2. (literally) alien

How many times is xenos (ξένος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G3581 across 19 books.

Where can I study xenos (ξένος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3581 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate xenos (ξένος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as host and aliens. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3581 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 9 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 10 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3581, with linked reader references where each row is available.