Lexicon philoxenia: love of strangers Original Word: φιλοξενία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: philoxenia Phonetic Spelling: (fil-on-ex-ee'-ah) Short Definition: hospitality Definition: love to strangers, hospitality. HELPS word-Studies 5381 philoneksía (from 5384 /phílos, "friend" and 3581/xenos, "a stranger") – properly, warmth (friendliness) shown to strangers; (figuratively) the readiness to share hospitality (generosity) by entertaining in one's home, etc. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom philoxenosDefinitionlove of strangers NASB Translationhospitality (1), hospitality to strangers (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5381: φιλονεξιαφιλονεξια, φιλονεξιας, ἡ ( φιλόξενος, which see), love to strangers, hospitality: Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:2. ( Plato, Polybius, others.)
Strong's hospitality From philoxenos; hospitableness -- entertain stranger, hospitality. see GREEK philoxenos |
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