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A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

by William Greenfield

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Ξ, ξ, Ξῖ

Ξενία, ας, ἡ (ξένος) pr. state of being a guest; then, the reception of a guest or stranger, hospitality; in N.T., a lodging, Ac. 28.23. Phile. 22. Ξενίζω (fr. same) f. ίσω, a.1. ἐξένισα, to receive as a guest, entertain, Ac. 10.23; 28.7. He. 13.2; pass. to be entertained as a guest, to lodge or reside with, Ac. 10.6, 18, 32; 21.16; to strike with a feeling of strangeness, to surprie; pass. or mid. to be struck with surprise, be staggered, be amazed, 1 Pe. 4.4, 12; intrans. to be strange; ξενίζοντα, strange matters, novelties, Ac. 17.20. Ξενοδοχέω, ῶ, (ξενοδόχος, ξένος & δέχομαι) f. ήσω, to receive and entertain strangers, exercise hospitality, 1 Ti. 5.10. Ξένος, η, ον, adj. strange, foreign; alien, Ep. 2.12, 19; strange, unexpected, surprising, 1 Pe. 4.12; novel, He. 13.9; subst. a stranger, Mat. 25.35, et al.; a host, Ro. 16.23. Ξέστης, ου, ὁ, (Lat. sextus, v. sextarius) a sextarius, a Roman measure containing about one pint English; in N.T. used for a small vessel, cup, pot, Mar. 7.4, 8. Ξηραίνω, f. ανῶ, a.1. ἐξήρᾱνα, p. pass. ἐξήραμμαι, a.1. pass. ἐξηαάνθην, to dry up, parch, Ja. 1.11; pass. to be parched, Mat. 13.6, et al.; to be ripened as corn, Re. 14.15; to be withered, to wither, Mar. 11.20; of parts of the body, to be withered, Mar. 3.1, 3; to pine, Mar. 9.18: from Ξηρός, ά, όν, dry, withered, Lu. 23.31; ἡ ξηρά, sc. γῆ, the dry land, land, Mat. 23.15. He. 11.29; of parts of the body, withered, tabid, Mat. 12.10. Ξύλῐος, ίνη, ίνον, wooden, of wood, made of wood, 2 Ti. 2.20. Re. 9.20: from Ξύλον, ου, τό, wood, timber, 1 Co. 3.12. Re. 18.12; stocks, Ac. 16.24; a club, Mat. 26.47, 55; a post, cross, gibbet, Ac. 5.30; 10.39; 13.29; a tree, Lu. 23.31. Re. 2.7. Ξυράω, (ξυρόν, a razor) f. ήσω, a.1. ἐξύρησα, p. pass. ἐξύρημαι, to cut off the hair, shear, shave, Ac. 21.24. 1 Co. 11.5, 6.

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