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Hospitality

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: φιλοξενία

(Strong's #5381 — Noun Feminine — philoxenia — fil-on-ex-ee'-ah )

"love of strangers" (philos, "loving," xenos, "a stranger"), is used in Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:2 , lit. "(be not forgetful of) hospitality." See ENTERTAIN , Note.

B — 1: φιλόξενος

(Strong's #5382 — Adjective — philoxenos — fil-ox'-en-os )

"hospitable," occurs in 1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8; 1 Peter 4:9 .

Note: For xenodocheo, 1 Timothy 5:10 , see STRANGER , B.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hospitality'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/hospitality.html. 1940.
 
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