Hospitality

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

A-1philoxeniaNounG5381

"love of strangers" (philos, "loving," xenos, "a stranger"), is used in Rom 12:13, Heb 13:2, lit. "(be not forgetful of) hospitality." See ENTERTAIN, Note.

B-1philoxenosAdjectiveG5382

"hospitable," occurs in 1Ti 3:2, Tit 1:8, 1Pe 4:9.

Note: For xenodocheo, 1Ti 5:10, see STRANGER, B.