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hospitality

Meaning of “hospitality”

Generous reception and care of guests or strangers.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
4 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Romans 12:13

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “hospitality”

KJV PCE
1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 3:2 · retained source text

A Bishop then must be blamelesse, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behauiour, giuen to hospitalitie, apt to teach;

1611 marginal noteOr, modest.

Titus 1:8
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Titus 1:8 · retained source text

But a louer of hospitality, a louer of good men, sober, iust, holy, temperate,

1611 marginal noteOr, good things.

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