ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΙ, φιλοξενοι
PHILOXENOI, philoxenoi
Sounds Like: fee-lox-EH-noy
Translations: hospitable, loving strangers, hospitable ones
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective meaning 'hospitable' or 'loving strangers'. It describes someone who is friendly and welcoming to guests or foreigners. It is often used to commend a person's character, indicating a willingness to provide lodging and kindness to those who are not family or close acquaintances. It is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'friend' or 'loving', and 'ξένος' (xenos), meaning 'stranger' or 'foreigner'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5382 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Peter — 4:9
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 27:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Peter — 4:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΝ — hospitable, a hospitable one
- ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΣ — hospitable, loving strangers, a hospitable one
- ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΩΤΑΤΗΝ — most hospitable, very hospitable, a most hospitable (one)
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