Quick Definition
φιλόξενος, ον Adj hospitable
Strong's Definition
from 5384 and 3581; fond of guests, i.e. hospitable
KJV Usage: given to (lover of, use) hospitality
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλόξενος, -ov, (φίλος and ξένος), fr. Hom. down, hospitable, generous to guests, [given to hospitality]: 1 Tim. τ... 9} ΕΠ} {Ὁ}. 8.2.1 δι: ἂν- ges
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιλόξενος philoxenos 3x
kind to strangers, hospitable, 1 Tim. 3:2; Tit. 1:8; 1 Pet. 4:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* φιλό-ξενος, -ον loving strangers, hospitable: I Ti 3:2, Tit 1:8, I Pe 4:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φιλόξενος. With this adj. in 1 Tim 3? Dibelius (WZN7 ad 1.) compares Hermas Sz. ix. 27. 2 ἐπίσκοποι καὶ φιλόξενοι, οἵτινες ἡδέως εἰς τοὺς οἴκους ἑαυτῶν πάντοτε ὑπεδέξαντο τοὺς δούλους τοῦ θεοῦ ἄτερ ὑποκρίσεως.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φιλόξενος (philoxenos) — hospitable. φῐλόξεν-ος, poetry φῐλοξέν-ξεινος, ον:— loving strangers, hospitable, [NT+8th c.BC+]; παθεῖν φιλόξενον ἔργον to meet with an act of hospitality, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φιλόξεν᾽ ἐστὶν (i.e. τὰ δώματα) Αἰγίσθου διαί [Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; -έστατος [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -νως[Refs 5th c.BC+]