Quick Definition
I entertain strangers
Strong's Definition
to be hospitable
Derivation: from a compound of G3581 (ξένος) and G1209 (δέχομαι);
KJV Usage: lodge strangers
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
[ξενοδοχέω (for the earlier form ξενοδοκέω in use from Herodotus down; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 307), ξενοδόχω: 1 aorist ἐξενοδόχησα; (ξενοδοχος, i. e. ξένους δεχόμενος); to receive and entertain hospitably, to be hospitable: 1Ti_5:10. (Dio Cass. 78, 3; (Graecus Venetus, Gen_26:17; ecclesiastical writings).]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χενοδοχέω xenodocheō 1x
to receive and entertain strangers, exercise hospitality, 1Ti_5:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*ξενοδοχέω ,
late Gk . for -κέω
( < ξένος , δέχομαι ),
to entertain strangers: 1Ti_5:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ξενοδοχέω [page 433]
This form of the verb (cf. 1Ti_5:10 ) is condemned by the Atticists, see Lob. Phryn. 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 διὰ τὸ ἐλάττω εἶναι αὐτῷ πρὸς τὰς ξενοδοχίας , as he finds it too small for his entertainments (Jebb). MGr ξενοδοχεῖον , hotel.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ξενοδοχέω late Gk. for -κέω
(ξένος, δέχομαι),
to entertain strangers: 1Ti.5:10.†
(AS)