GIFT OF HOSPITALITY

 

Hospitality  

philonexia       love of strangers, entertain, hospitableness,                         entertain strangers, hospitality

philoxenos       fond of guests, hospitable, given to
                        hospitality, lover of hospitality

xenos               to receive strangers, to be a host, entertain,
                        host strangers, entertainer of foreign or alien

xenizo              to be a host, lodge, entertain

 

Romans 12:13 “Given to hospitality (philoxenia).”

I Timothy 3:2 “A bishop then must be blameless, given to hospitality (philoxenos).”

Titus 1:8 “For a bishop must be a lover of (philos a friend, fond, friendly, neighborly) hospitality (philoxenos).”

Hebrews 13:1-2 “Let brotherly love continue.  Be not forgetful to entertain strangers (xenizo); for thereby some have entertained (xenizo) angels unawares.”

I Peter 4:9 Use hospitality (philoxenos) one to another without grudging.”

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