אַכְסְנָאִי, (deriv. of אַכְסַנְיָא) stranger, guest, lodger; also (ξένος) hired soldier. Y. Erub. II, end 20ᵇ יֵעָשֶׂה כא׳ let him be considered as a stranger (transient lodger). Tosef. Shebi. V, 21 אכסנא some ed. (ed. Zuck. אַכְסְנָיִין pl.) soldier, v. אַכְסַנְיָא 3).—Arakh. 16ᵇ א׳ דאקראי an occasional guest. Ib. א׳ פוגם ונפגם a traveller (constantly changing his lodging place) discredits others a. himself; a. fr.—Pl. אַכְסְנָיִין (v. supra), אַכְסְנִין Lev. R. s. 27.—אַכְסְנֵי, אַכְסְנַיָּא, אַכְסְנָאֵי. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLVII, 21 א׳ גילולאי exiled strangers. Gen. R. s. 50 הב לאילין א׳ give these travellers &c.—*אַכְסָנִים. Num. R. s. 10 (p. 239ᶜ ed. Amst.) מנהג הא׳ custom of hospitality [prob. אכסניא].