Strong's Lexicon
G5381
G5381 — φιλονεξία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5381 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φιλονεξία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G5382 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | philonexia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | fil-on-ex-ee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. hospitableness |
| KJV Renderings: | entertain stranger, hospitality |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλονεξια, φιλονεξιας, ἡ (φιλόξενος, which see), love to strangers, hospitality: Rom 12:13; Heb 13:2. (Plato, Polybius, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φιλοξενία (entertain stranger)
Romans 12:13
- KJV: Distributing to the necessity of saints given to hospitality
- GK: ταις χρείαις των αγίων κοινωνούντες την φιλοξενίαν διώκοντες
Hebrews 13:2
- KJV: Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for there by some have entertained angels unawares
- GK: της φιλοξενίας μη επιλανθάνεσθε διά ταύτης γαρ έλαθόν ξενίσαντες αγγέλους