Host (of guests) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Host (of guests)

[ 1,,G3581, xenos ]
in addition to the meaning stranger," mentioned above under HOSPITALITY A, denotes one or other of the parties bound by ties of hospitality,
(a) "the guest" (not in the NT),
(b) "the host," Romans 16:23.

[ 2,,G3830, pandocheus ]
lit., "one who receives all" (pas, "all," dechomai, "to receive"), denotes "an innkeeper, host," Luke 10:35.

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