BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G3927
parepidēmos — stranger
παρ-επί-δημος, -ον (see: ἐπιδημέω), [in LXX: Gen.23:4, Psa.39:12 (תּוֹשָׁב)* ;] sojourning in a strange place; as subst., ὁ π., a sojourner: of Christians, 1Pe.1:1; ξένοι καὶ π., Heb.11:13; πάροικοι καὶ π., 1Pe.2:11 (see Deiss., BS, 149).† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1481
gur — to sojourn
1) to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sojourn, dwell for a time 1a2) to abide, stay, temporarily dwell 1b) (Hithpolel) 1b1) to seek hospitality with 1b2) to assemble oneself
90 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2114
zur — be a stranger
1) to be strange, be a stranger 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become estranged 1a2) strange, another, stranger, foreigner, an enemy (participle) 1a3) strange woman, prostitute, harlot (meton) 1b) (Niphal) to be estranged 1c) (Hophal) to be a stranger, be one alienated
67 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3581
xenos — foreign
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)
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8453
to.shav — sojourner
sojourner, stranger
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4339
prosēlutos — proselyte
προσήλυτος, -ον (προοελαύνω), [in LXX for גֵּר ;] 1. one who has arrived, a stranger. 2. Of converts to Judaism, a proselyte (see DB, see word): Mat.23:15, Act.2:10 6:5 13:43.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5382
philoxenos — hospitable
φιλό-ξενος, -ον loving strangers, hospitable: 1Ti.3:2, Tit.1:8, 1Pe.4:9.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3939
paroikeō — be a stranger
παρ-οικέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for גּוּר, also for יָשַׁב, שָׁכַן ] in cl., to dwell beside (with accusative), among (with dative) or near by (absol.). In late writers, to dwell in a place as a πάροικος (which see) or stranger: Luk.24:18, Heb.11:9.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5381
philoxenia — hospitality
φιλο-ξενία, -ας, ἡ (φιλόξενος), love of strangers, hospitality: Rom.12:13, Heb.13:2.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3580
xenodocheō — to show hospitality
ξενοδοχέω late Gk. for -κέω (ξένος, δέχομαι), to entertain strangers: 1Ti.5:10.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20282
egktēsis — acquisition of territory
tenure of land in a place by a stranger, (Xenophon Historicus):—; the right of holding such land, granted to foreigners, Decret. quoted in (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20816
xenologeō — to enlist mercenaries
to enlist strangers, levy mercenaries , (Demosthenes Orator), etc. from ξενολόγος (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20817
xenotropheō — to maintain mercenary troops
to entertain strangers, to maintain mercenary troops , (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7386
epēlutos — a stranger
a stranger
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →This word generally denotes a person from a foreign land residing in Palestine. Such persons enjoyed many privileges in common with the Jews, but still were separate from them. The relation of the Jews to strangers was regulated by special laws (Deut. 23:3; 24:14-21; 25:5; 26:10-13). A special signification is also sometimes attached to this word. In Gen. 23:4 it denotes one resident in a foreign land; Ex. 23:9, one who is not a Jew; Num. 3:10, one who is not of the family of Aaron; Ps. 69:8, an alien or an unknown person. The Jews were allowed to purchase strangers as slaves (Lev. 25:44, 45), and to take usury from them (Deut. 23:20).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
