verb

Greekξενοδοχέω (xenodocheō)

Biblang

xenodochamō

Strong’sG3580

I entertain strangers

stem xenodoch-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

* ξενοδοχέω late Gk. for -κέω

(< ξένος, δέχομαι),

to entertain strangers: I Ti 5:10.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3580 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidxen-od-okh-eh'-o

to be hospitable

Fromfrom a compound of G3581 and G1209;

King Jameslodge strangers.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ξενο-δοκέω,
Ionic dialect ξεινο-, entertain guests or strangers. Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.:—later ξενο-δοχέω, NT+1st c.BC+
II testify, Refs 5th c.BC+:— middle, Refs 5th c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

shown hospitality1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
xenodochataἐξενοδόχησεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	shown hospitality	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	xenodochamō	xenodochame	xenodochami	xenodochama	xenodochamē	xenodochamelē
you 2nd person singular	xenodochasō	xenodochase	xenodochasi	xenodochasa	xenodochasē	xenodochaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	xenodochatō	xenodochate	xenodochati	xenodochata1×ἐξενοδόχησεν	xenodochatē	xenodochatelē
we 1st person plural	xenodochanō	xenodochane	xenodochani	xenodochana	xenodochanē	xenodochanelē
ye 2nd person plural	xenodochavō	xenodochave	xenodochavi	xenodochava	xenodochavē	xenodochavelē
they 3rd person plural	xenodochalō	xenodochale	xenodochali	xenodochala	xenodochalē	xenodochalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	xenodochameiō	xenodochameia	xenodochameiē
you 2nd person singular	xenodochaseiō	xenodochaseia	xenodochaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	xenodochateiō	xenodochateia	xenodochateiē
we 1st person plural	xenodochaneiō	xenodochaneia	xenodochaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	xenodochaveiō	xenodochaveia	xenodochaveiē
they 3rd person plural	xenodochaleiō	xenodochaleia	xenodochaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	xenodochasōr	xenodochasar	xenodochasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	xenodochatōr	xenodochatar	xenodochatēr
ye 2nd person plural	xenodochavōr	xenodochavar	xenodochavēr
they 3rd person plural	xenodochalōr	xenodochalar	xenodochalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	xenodochamoiō	xenodochamoia
you 2nd person singular	xenodochasoiō	xenodochasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	xenodochatoiō	xenodochatoia
we 1st person plural	xenodochanoiō	xenodochanoia
ye 2nd person plural	xenodochavoiō	xenodochavoia
they 3rd person plural	xenodochaloiō	xenodochaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	xenodocharō	xenodochari	xenodochara	xenodocharē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	xenodocharōntos	xenodocharintos	xenodocharantos	xenodocharēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

xenodochstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

xenodoch is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

xenodochata“shown hospitality”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

1 Timothy 5:10“shown hospitality”… ergei kalei marturorōntas, ei teknotrofata, ei xenodochata, ei hagioiu podoin niptata, ei thliborōntoi …and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting …