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signifies (a) "to receive as a guest" (xenos, "a guest") rendered "entertained" in Acts 28:7 , RV, for AV, "lodged;" in Hebrews 13:2 , "have entertained;" (b) "to be astonished by the strangeness of a thing," Acts 17:20; 1 Peter 4:4,12 . See LODGE , STRANGE (think).
Note: In Hebrews 13:2 (first part), philoxenia, lit., "love of strangers" (phileo, "to love," and xenos, "a stranger or guest"), is translated "to show love to," RV, for AV, "entertain." See HOSPITALITY.Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Entertain'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/entertain.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Entertain'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/entertain.html. 1940.
