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G3830 πανδοχεύς (pandocheús)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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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.† (AS)

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