Quick Definition
πανδοχεύς, έως, ὁ n.m. an innkeeper
Strong's Definition
from the same as 3829; an innkeeper (warden of a caravanserai)
KJV Usage: host
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -έως | πᾶς + δέχομαι
7.12 · Constructions · Buildings
innkeeper, manager of a hotel one who manages an inn as a place where people may obtain board and room at a price In some languages it may be necessary to describe the role of an inn or hotel as ‘a place where people could stay overnight and get something to eat’ or even ‘a place where people could pay in order to stay overnight and get something to eat.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παν-δοχεύς, -έως, ὁ, (πᾶς and δέχομαι [hence lit. ‘one who receives all comers ’]), for the earlier and more elegant πανδοκεύς (so Tdf.; [ef. W. 25 note]), an inn-keeper, host : Lk. x. 35. (Polyb. 2, 15,6; Plut. de sanit. tuenda c. 14.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πανδοχεύς pandocheus 1x
the keeper of a public inn or caravanserai, a host, Lk. 10:35*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* παν-δοχεύς, -έως, ὁ
(< πᾶς, δέχομαι), late form of the Att. πανδοκεύς (T, in l.),
an innkeeper, host: Lk 10:35.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πανδοχεύς, “host ’’ (Lk 10%): Artem. p. 190%4 a/. For πανδόκεια, “hostess,” cf. Sy/J gor (= 31251)3 (period of Roman Re public) Aekopia Συρίσκα πανδόκια χρηστὰ χαῖρε (cf. the Vergilian Copa Syrisca), and Herodian I. p. 2484 (cited by Dittenberger ad /.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πανδοχεύς (pandocheus) — innkeeper. Included with: παν-δοκεύς, έως, ὁ, one who receives all comers, innkeeper, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—later πανδοχεύς, [NT]; of the δεκάς, all-containing, [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for unity, [Refs]