Quick Definition
an innkeeper
Strong's Definition
an innkeeper (warden of a caravanserai)
Derivation: from the same as G3829 (πανδοχεῖον);
KJV Usage: host
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πανδοκεύς, see πανδοχεύς.
STRONGS NT 3830: πανδοχεύςπανδοχεύς, πανδοχεως, ὁ (πᾶς and δέχομαι (hence, literally, 'one who receives all comers')), for the earlier and more elegant πανδοκεύς (so Tdf.; (cf. Winers Grammar, 25 note)), an inn-keeper, host: Luk_10:35. (Polybius 2, 15, 6; Plutarch, de sanit. tuenda c. 14.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πανδοχεύς pandocheus 1x
the keeper of a public inn or caravanserai, a host, Luk_10:35
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* παν -δοχεύς , -έως , ὁ
( < πᾶς , δέχομαι ),
late form of the Att. . πανδοκεύς ( T , in l ),
an innkeeper, host: Luk_10:35 .†
πανδοκεύς , see πανδοχεύς .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πανδοχεύς [page 476]
host ( Luk_10:35 ) : Artem. p. 190 .24 al. For πανδόκεια , hostess, cf. Syll 901 (= .3 1251) .3 (period of Roman Republic) Δεκομία Συρίσκα πανδόκια χρηστὰ χαῖρε (cf. the Vergilian Copa Syrisca ), and Herodian I. p. 248 .24 (cited by Dittenberger ad l. ).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παν-δοχεύς, -έως, ὁ
(πᾶς, δέχομαι),
late form of the Att.. πανδοκεύς (T, in l),
an innkeeper, host: Luk.10:35.†
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