- φιλοξενία
- φιλοξενία, ας, ἡ (φιλόξενος; the idea highlighted Hom., Od. 6, 198–210, the word since Bacchylides 3, 16 Snell; Pla.; also-νικία; TestAbr A; SIG 859a, 4; PLond VI, 1917, 4; cp. Jos., Ant. 1, 250) hospitality Ro 12:13; Hm 8:10. Abraham’s hosp. 1 Cl 10:7 (TestAbr A 17 p. 98, 27 [Stone p. 44]); Lot’s 11:1. These two men are prob. thought of in Hb 13:2. Of Rahab 1 Cl 12:1. Of the Corinthian church 1:2. DRiddle, Early Christian Hospitality: JBL 57, ’38, 141–54; on the hospitality theme relating to a godly pers., s. AHollis, ed., Callimachus ‘Hecale’ ’90, 341–54, n. 1 (lit.).—DELG s.v. ξένος. M-M. TW. Spicq.
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