πανδοχεύς
pandocheus
G3830
G:N-M
Greek
innkeeper
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Greek
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Pandocheus denotes the person entrusted with caring for an injured traveler at a lodging place.
The attested use identifies a person to whom money is given and whose care of an injured man is requested in Luke 10:35.
Senses in use
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Keeper responsible for a traveler’s care · dominant
In Luke 10:35, the dative singular masculine form occurs after money is given to this person and before the request, “Take care of him”; the APB renders the verse with an injured man left in that person’s care.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 10:35, the APB presents the person as “the innkeeper” who receives two denarii and is told, “Take care of him.” The verse is read as a whole.