Entertain - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Entertain

[ 1,,G3579, xenizo ]
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, 1 Peter 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.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words