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Hebrews 13:2

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

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τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φιλοξενίαςphiloxeniasto entertain strangersφιλοξενία (philoxenia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “to entertain strangers”, the of-formG5381love to strangers, hospitality.to entertain strangersμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἐπιλανθάνεσθεepilanthanestheto forgetἐπιλανθάνομαι (epilanthanomai)verb, present middle imperative, 2nd person plural — “to forget”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1950I forget, neglect.This verse uses “forget”.διὰdiatherebyδιάpreposition — “thereby”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.therebyταύτηςtautēsthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἔλαθόνelathonunawaresλανθάνω (lanthanō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “unawares”, a single actionG2990I am hidden (concealed), lie hid, escape notice, sometimes with acc. of person from whom concealment takes place; I do so and so unconsciously, unknown to myself, I shut my eyes to so and so.unawaresτινεςtinesoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ξενίσαντεςxenisantesto hostξενίζω (xenizō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to host”, a single actionG3579(a) I entertain a stranger, (b) I startle, bewilder.ἀγγέλουςangelousangelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “angel”, the object formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Young’s Literal Translation

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

World English Bible

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Darby Translation

Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.

Douay-Rheims

And hospitality do not forget; for by this some, being not aware of it, have entertained angels.

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