Word study · Greek
xénos
stranger, foreigner, guest
Say it: KSEN-os (approximate)
ξένος
What it means
A stranger or foreigner, and also a guest (the source of "xenophobia"). In 2:12 Gentiles were "strangers to the covenants of promise," and in 2:19 they are "no longer strangers and foreigners."
Range of meaning
- StrangerOne from outside.
- GuestOne received hospitably.
In Ephesians
- Chapter 2
"No longer strangers" (2:12, 2:19).
Every verse (2)
Verses where G3581 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources