Word Studies in the New Living Translation: ἀκούω (akouō)
Greek: ἀκούω (akouō)English: to hear, to listen, to understand, to heed By Jonathan W. Bryant, PhD, Senior Editor, Tyndale Bibles The Greek word ἀκούω (akouō, pronounced ah-KOO-oh) generally refers to the exercise of the sense of hearing. The term appears around four hundred times in the New Testament, and in the majority of instances, modern […]
Word Studies in the New Living Translation (φιλοξενία (philoxenia); φιλόξενος (philoxenos)
Greek: φιλοξενία (philoxenia); φιλόξενος (philoxenos)English: hospitality; being hospitable By Mark D. Taylor, NLT Bible Translation Committee The writers of the New Testament letters make several references to hospitality. They use two closely related Greek words: the noun philoxenia (pronounced phil-ox-en-EE-ah) and the adjective philoxenos (pronounced phil-OX-en-os). Both terms are compounds formed from the Greek words […]