Word Summary
philoxenia: love of strangers
Original Word: φιλοξενίαTransliteration: philoxenia
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-on-ex-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: love of strangers
Meaning: love of strangers
Strong's Concordance
hospitality
From philoxenos; hospitableness -- entertain stranger, hospitality.
see GREEK philoxenos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5381: φιλονεξιαφιλονεξια,
φιλονεξιας,
ἡ (
φιλόξενος, which see),
love to strangers, hospitality:
Romans 12:13;
Hebrews 13:2. (
Plato,
Polybius, others.)