Lexical Summary xenodocheō: to entertain strangers Original Word: ξενοδοχέωTransliteration: xenodocheō Phonetic Spelling: (xen-od-okh-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to entertain strangers Meaning: to entertain strangers Strong's Concordance lodge strangers. From a compound of xenos and dechomai; to be hospitable -- lodge strangers. see GREEK xenos see GREEK dechomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3580: ξενοδοχέω[ξενοδοχέω (for the earlier form ξενοδοκέω in use from Herodotus down; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 307), ξενοδόχω: 1 aorist ἐξενοδόχησα; (ξενοδοχος, i. e. ξένους δεχόμενος); to receive and entertain hospitably, to be hospitable: 1 Timothy 5:10. (Dio Cass. 78, 3; (Graecus Venetus, Genesis 26:17; ecclesiastical writings).] |