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πανδοχεύς
pandocheus
G3830
G:N-M Greek

innkeeper

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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

  1. 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.

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