Quick Definition
ξενοδοχέω v. I entertain strangers
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 3581 and 1209; to be hospitable
KJV Usage: lodge strangers
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ξενίζω + δέχομαι
34.57 · Association · Show Hospitality
to show hospitality, to receive a stranger as a guest, hospitality to receive and show hospitality to a stranger, that is, someone who is not regarded as a member of the extended family or a close friend To receive a stranger as a guest is sometimes expressed idiomatically as ‘to let a stranger sit at one’s table,’ ‘to offer a bed to a stranger,’ or ‘to let a stranger enter one’s house.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ξενοδοχέω (for the earlier form ξενοδοκέω in use fr. Πα. down; ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 307),-6: 1 aor. ἐξενοδόχησα; (ξενοδόχος, i. 6. ξένους δεχόμενος) ; to receive and entertain hospitably, to be hospitable: 1 Tim.v.10. (Dio Cass. 78, 3; [Graec. Ven. Gen. xxvi. 17; eccl. writ.].) ®
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χενοδοχέω xenodocheō 1x
to receive and entertain strangers, exercise hospitality, 1 Tim. 5:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ξενοδοχέω late Gk. for -κέω
(< ξένος, δέχομαι),
to entertain strangers: I Ti 5:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ξενοδοχέω. This form of the verb (cf. 1 Tim 519) is condemned by the Atticists, see Lob. Pixyn. p. 307. A good ex. of the subst. is afforded by Theophrastus Char. 6 (23) ad fin. where the boastful man declares that he means to sell the house in which he is living—81a τὸ ἐλάττω εἶναι αὐτῷ πρὸς τὰς ξενοδοχίας, ‘‘as he finds it too small for his entertainments”’ (Jebb). MGr ξενοδοχεῖον, ‘‘hotel.”’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ξενοδοχέω (xenodocheō) — to show hospitality. ξενο-δοκέω, Ionic dialect ξεινο-, entertain guests or strangers. [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:—later ξενο-δοχέω, [NT+1st c.BC+]
II. testify, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, [Refs 5th c.AD+]