ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΝ, φιλοξενον
PHILOXENON, philoxenon
Sounds Like: fee-LOX-eh-non
Translations: hospitable, a hospitable one
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is friendly and generous to guests or strangers. It is a compound word derived from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'friend' or 'loving', and 'ξένος' (xenos), meaning 'stranger' or 'guest'. Therefore, it literally means 'loving strangers' or 'loving guests'. It is used to characterize individuals who show hospitality.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Neuter; or Singular, Nominative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5382 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 8 — 1:10
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΙ — hospitable, loving strangers, hospitable ones
- ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΣ — hospitable, loving strangers, a hospitable one
- ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΩΤΑΤΗΝ — most hospitable, very hospitable, a most hospitable (one)
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