G3579

ξενίζω

xenizōG:V

to host

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)

The KJV translates G3579 in the following manner:

lodged (6x), strange (6x), entertained (2x), it (2x), lodge (2x), lodgeth (2x), us (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ξενίζω — xenízō

ξενίζω; 1 aorist ἐξενισα; passive, present ξενίζομαι; 1 aorist ἐξενίσθην; from Homer down;

1. to receive as a guest, to entertain hospitably: τινα, Act 10:23; Act 28:7; Heb 13:2; passive to be recieved hospitably; to stay as a guest, to lodge (be lodged): ἐνθάδε, Act 10:18; ἐν οἰκία τίνος, Act 10:32; παρά τίνι, Act 10:6; Act 21:16 (cf. Buttmann, 284 (244); Winer's Grammar, 214 (201)), and sundry manuscripts in 1Co 16:19; (Diodorus 14, 30).

2. to surprise or astonish by the strangeness and novelty of a thing (cf. German befremden): ζενιζοντα τινα, Act 17:20 (ξενιζουσα πρόσοψις καί καταπληκτικη, Polybius 3, 114, 4; τόν Θεόν ἐξενιζε τό πραττόμενον, Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 4; ξενιζουσαι συμφοραι, 2Ma 9:6); passive to be surprised, astonished at the novelty or strangeness of a thing; to think strange, be shocked: with the dative of the thing (Winer's Grammar, § 31, 1 f.), 1Pe 4:12 (Polybius 1, 23, 5; 3,68, 9); ἐν with the dative of the thing (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 23), 1Pe 4:4.

10 occurrences

Acts (7), Hebrews (1), I Peter (2)