Lexical Summary xenia: hospitality, a lodging place Original Word: ξενίαTransliteration: xenia Phonetic Spelling: (xen-ee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: hospitality, a lodging place Meaning: hospitality, a lodging place Strong's Concordance lodging. From xenos; hospitality, i.e. (by implication) a place of entertainment -- lodging. see GREEK xenos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3578: ξένιαξένια, ξενιας, ἡ (ξένιος, ξένια, ξενιον, and this from ξένος), from Homer down, hospitality, hospitable reception; equivalent to a lodging-place, lodgings: Acts 28:23 (equivalent to τό μίσθωμα in Acts 28:30 (but this is doubtful; the more probable opinion receives the preference under the word ἴδιος, 1 a.)); Philemon 1:22. (See especially Lightfoot on Philippians, p. 9, and on Philemon 1, the passage cited.) |
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