Ξ

Ξ

Ξ, ξ, ξῖ, τό, indecl.,

Xi, x, the fourteenth letter. As a numeral, ξʹ = 60, ξ͵ = 60,000.

ξένος

ξένος, -η, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for נׇכְרִי;]

foreign, alien: δαιμόνια, Acts 17:18; διδαχαί, Hebrews 13:9;

c. gen. rei, strange to, estranged from, ignorant of : Ephesians 2:12;

strange, unusual: 1 Peter 4:12.

As subst., ὁ ξ.,

a foreigner, stranger: Matthew 25:35, Matthew 25:38, Matthew 25:43, Matthew 25:44 Matthew 27:7, Acts 17:21, 3 John 1:5; ξένοι κ. τάροικοι (opp. to συμπολῖται, οίκεῖοι), Ephesians 2:19; ξ. καὶ παρεπίδημοι, Hebrews 11:13;

one of the parties bound by ties of hospitality;

the guest;

the host ( = ξενοδόκος, Hom., Il., xv, 532): Romans 16:23.†

ξέστης

**† ξέστης, -ου, ὁ (a Sicilian corruption of Lat. sextarius), [in Al.: Leviticus 14:10 (לֹג, LXX κοτύλη)*;]

a sextarius (about a pint).

In NT, a pitcher of wood or stone: Mark 7:4.†

ξύλινος

ξύλινος, -η, -ον (ξύλον), [in LXX chiefly for עֵץ;]

wooden: 2 Timothy 2:20, Revelation 9:20 (cf. Ep. Je 4 ff.).†

ξύλον

ξύλον, -ου, τό, [in LXX chiefly for עֵץ;]

wood: 1 Corinthians 3:12, Revelation 18:12.

a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as,

a cudgel, staff: pl., Matthew 26:47, Matthew 26:55, Mark 14:43, Mark 14:48, Luke 22:52;

stocks, for confining the feet (Job 33:11, סַד): Acts 16:24;

a beam to which malefactors were bound (late Gk.), in LXX, of a gibbet (Deuteronomy 21:22, Deuteronomy 21:23), in NT, of the Cross: Acts 5:30 Acts 10:39 Acts 13:29, Galatians 3:13, 1 Peter 2:24.

In late writers (v. MM, xvii), a tree (Genesis 1:29, Isaiah 14:8, al.): Luke 23:31; ξ. τῆς ζωῆς, Revelation 2:7 Revelation 22:2, Revelation 22:14, Revelation 22:19.†

ξύρωb

ξύρω, rare form of ξυρέω (Veitch, s.v.), aor. mid., ξύρασθαιι (Bl., § 24, s.v.; Zorell, s.v., etc.) for -ᾶσθαι (Rec., Edd.): 1 Corinthians 11:6.†

ξενία

** ξενία, -ας, ἡ (< ξένος), [in LXX: Si 29:27 B1*;]

hospitality, entertainment: Philemon 1:22 (cf. ICC, in l., but v. infr.). By meton., a place of entertainment, a lodging-place: Acts 28:23, and so perh. Philemon 1:22 (Lft., in l., Phl., p. 9; but v. supr., and cf. MM, xvii).†

ξενίζω

** ξενίζω (< ξένος), [in LXX: Ezra 3:13, Si 29:25, II Mac 9:6, III Mac 7:3*;]

to receive as a guest, entertain: c. acc. pers., Acts 10:23 Acts 28:7, Hebrews 13:2; pass., Acts 10:6, Acts 10:18, Acts 10:32 Acts 21:16.

In late writers (Polyb., al.; II Mac 9:6), to surprise, astonish by strangeness: Acts 17:20; pass., 1 Peter 4:4, 1 Peter 4:12.†

ξενοδοχέω

* ξενοδοχέω late Gk. for -κέω (< ξένος, δέχομαι),

to entertain strangers: 1 Timothy 5:10.†

ξηρός

ξηρός, -ά, -όν, [in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ, its parts and derivatives, also for חָרָבָה, etc.;]

dry: metaph. (of a sinner), ξύλον ξ., Luke 23:31; of members of the body shrunken by disease, withered: John 5:3; of the hand, Matthew 12:10, Mark 3:3, Luke 6:6, Luke 6:8; of the dry land, ἡ ξηρά (sc. γῆ, cf. Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10; Jh 1:19, al.): Matthew 23:15; γῆ, Hebrews 11:29.†

ξηραίνω

ξηραίνω (< ξηρός), [in LXX chiefly for יָבֵשׁ;]

to dry up, parch, wither. c. acc., τ. χόρτον, James 1:11; pass., to become or be dry or withered: of plants, Matthew 13:6 Matthew 21:19, Matthew 21:20, Mark 4:6 Mark 11:20, Mark 11:21, Luke 8:6, John 15:6, 1 Peter 1:24; of ripened crops, Revelation 14:15; of liquids, Mark 5:29, Revelation 16:12; of members of the body, to waste away, Mark 3:1 (cf. 1 Kings 13:4) Mark 9:18.†

ξυράω

ξυράω, -ῶ

late form of ξυρέω (q.v.) : 1 Corinthians 11:6 (ξυρᾶσθαι, Rec. and Edd., but v.s. ξύρω).†

ξυρέωa

ξυρέω, -ῶ (< ξυρόν, a razor), [in LXX (also -άω) chiefly for גּלח pi., pu.;] (no ex. of pres. -έω),

to shave: pass. and mid., to shave oneself, have oneself shaved, aor., Acts 21:24; pf. (Att.), 1 Corinthians 11:5.†