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ξενία

Strong’s: G3578

Associated OET lemmas: ξενία

Notes: It is also possible to interpret ξενία in both RV ACT 28:23 · LV ACT 28:23 · Read together ACT 28:23 and RV PHM 1:22 · LV PHM 1:22 · Read together PHM 1:22 as hospitality or the activity involved in receiving a guest (see 34.57: ξενία / 34.57: ξενίζω / 34.57: ξενοδοχέω / 34.57: φιλοξενία). This is the more common meaning of ξενία, but it fits less well in the two contexts in which ξενία occurs in the NT.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ξενία; -ας

Related lemmas: ξενίζω

Sense 1: guestroom, lodging for guest, place to stay in

Semantic entry: 7.31

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings

Definition: a place of temporary lodging for a person away from home

Further resources: realia:3.1.6.9

ACT 28:23: RV ACT 28:23 · LV ACT 28:23 · Read together ACT 28:23

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OET-RV ACT 28:23

23 Then they set a day when they could visit him where he was staying and so that from morning to evening he could explain about God’s kingdom and show them how Mosheh’s (Moses) law and the prophets’ writings spoke about Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus).

OET-LV ACT 28:23

23 And having _determined a_day for _him, more they _came to him to the lodging, to _whom he _was _explaining, testifying the kingdom of_ the _god, and persuading them concerning the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), from both the law of _Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh), and the prophets, from in _the _morning to evening.

PHM 1:22: RV PHM 1:22 · LV PHM 1:22 · Read together PHM 1:22

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OET-RV PHM 1:22

22 Go ahead and prepare somewhere for me to stay, because I’m hoping that I’ll be able to visit, thanks to you all praying for me.

OET-LV PHM 1:22

22 And together also be _preparing for _me a_lodging, because/for I _am _hoping that through the prayers of _you _all, I _will _be _being _granted to _you _all.

Sense 2: hospitality

Semantic entry: 34.57

Semantic domains: Association

Subdomains: Show Hospitality

Definition: hospitality to a stranger, that is, someone who is not regarded as a member of the extended family or a close friend

Notes: To receive a stranger as a guest is sometimes expressed idiomatically as ‘to let a stranger sit at one’s table,’ ‘to offer a bed to a stranger,’ or ‘to let a stranger enter one’s house.’|For another interpretation of ξενία in RV PHM 1:22 · LV PHM 1:22 · Read together PHM 1:22, see 7.31: ξενία.

PHM 1:22: RV PHM 1:22 · LV PHM 1:22 · Read together PHM 1:22

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OET-RV PHM 1:22

22 Go ahead and prepare somewhere for me to stay, because I’m hoping that I’ll be able to visit, thanks to you all praying for me.

OET-LV PHM 1:22

22 And together also be _preparing for _me a_lodging, because/for I _am _hoping that through the prayers of _you _all, I _will _be _being _granted to _you _all.