Strong's Greek · G5382

G5382 philóxenos

φιλόξενος

fil-ox'-en-os

hospitable

Looking for Hebrew H5382 nâshâh? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G5382. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

philóxenos appears 3 times in Scripture, in 1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:8 and 1 Peter 4:9. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

fond of guests, i.e. hospitable

In the King James Version

given to (lover of, use) hospitality

Derivation

from G5384 (φίλος) and G3581 (ξένος);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Titus 1:8

“Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.”

1 Peter 4:9

“Show hospitality to one another without complaining.”

1 Timothy 3:2

“An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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