What does φιλόξενος (philóxenos) mean in the Bible?
φιλόξενος (philóxenos): Active love toward strangers and travelers; hospitality as deliberate kindness to those outside one's household.
Greek · G5382
φιλόξενος
Hospitable
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φιλόξενος G5382
Pronunciation philóxenos
What does φιλόξενος (philóxenos) mean in the Bible?
φιλόξενος (philóxenos): Active love toward strangers and travelers; hospitality as deliberate kindness to those outside one's household.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5382?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [he must be] hospitable (1), hospitable (1), Show hospitality (1).
Where does φιλόξενος (philóxenos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 3:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), 1 Timothy (1), Titus (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [he must be] hospitable 1× Titus 1:8
hospitable 1× 1 Timothy 3:2
Show hospitality 1× 1 Peter 4:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Timothy 3:2
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
1 Timothy 1 Titus 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
φιλόξενον 2x philoxenon 1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:8
φιλόξενοι 1x philoxenoi 1 Peter 4:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x 1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:8
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Peter 4:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Active love toward strangers and travelers; hospitality as deliberate kindness to those outside one's household.
Strong's G5382
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
hospitable
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 3:2 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
φιλόξενον, filoxenon
hospitable
Read verse Titus 1:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
φιλόξενον, filoxenon
hospitable
Read verse 1 Peter 4:9 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
φιλόξενοι filoxenoi
hospitable
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Pet 4:9 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 3:2 · Titus 1:8 2×
Word Origins
φιλόξενος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain