🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G3579
G3579

ξενίζω

xenízō [xen-id'-zo] Verb
Core meaningto host

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G3579

to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange

KJV usage: :--entertain, lodge, (think it) strange.
Etymology: from ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

to receive as a guest, entertain, Acts 10:23; 28:7; Heb. 13:2; pass. to be entertained as a guest, to lodge or reside with, Acts 10:6, 18, 32; 21:16; to strike with a feeling of strangeness, to surprise; pass. or mid. to be struck with surprise, be staggered, be amazed, 1 Pet. 4:4, 12; intrans. to be strange; χενίζοντα, strange matters, novelties, Acts 17:20*

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