Strong G5382φιλόξενος

hospitable

Transliteration
philoxenos
Pronunciation
fil-ox'-en-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G5384 and G3581; fond of guests that is hospitable: - given to (lover of use) hospitality.

Detailed definition

φιλό-ξενος, -ον
loving strangers, hospitable: 1Ti.3:2, Tit.1:8, 1Pe.4:9.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5382 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hospitality3

First verses

  1. 1 Timothy 3:2
    A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
  2. Titus 1:8
    But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
  3. 1 Peter 4:9
    Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φῐλόξεν-ος,
poetry φῐλοξέν-ξεινος, ον:— loving strangers, hospitable, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.121, 8.576, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.1, “N.” 1.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.3, NT.1Tim.3.2, etc.)]; παθεῖν φιλόξενον ἔργον to meet with an act of hospitality, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.24; τὸ εἶναι φ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Virtutibus et Vitiis” 1250b34, compare 1251b35)]; φιλόξεν᾽ ἐστὶν (i.e. τὰ δώματα) Αἰγίσθου διαί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 656)]: superlative -ώτατος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 196, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 1.2)]; -έστατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 879)]. adverb -νως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.41.)]