Inns
And went to [him], and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and
wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him....
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And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was
no room for them in the inn....
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And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met
him, and sought to kill him....
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(malon; pandocheion, kataluma):
1. Earliest Night Resting-Places:
The Hebrew word malon means literally, a "night resting-
place," and might be applied to any spot where caravans (Gen
42:27; 43:21 the King James Version), individuals (Ex 4:24;
Jer 9:2), or even armies (Josh 4:3,8; 2 Ki 19:23; Isa 10:29)
encamped for the night. In the slightly al...
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General scriptures concerning
Ge 42:27; 43:21; Ex 4:24; Lu 2:7; 10:34...
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The Hebrew word (malon) thus rendered literally signified "a
lodging-place for the night." Inns, in our sense of the term
were, as they still are, unknown in the East, where
hospitality is religiously practiced. The khans or
caravanserais are the representatives of European inns, and
these were established but gradually. The halting-place of a...
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in the modern sense, unknown in the East. The khans or
caravanserais, which correspond to the European inn,
are not
alluded to in the Old Testament. The "inn" mentioned
in Ex. 4:24
was just the halting-place of the caravan. In later
times khans
were erected for the accommodation of travellers. In
Luke 2:7
the word there so rendered denotes...
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Hebrew lin. A lodging place for the night. Khans or
caravanserais, the halting places of caravans or traveling
companies, are places where men and cattle have room to
rest, but, no food is provided in them. In the times of the
Pentateuch they were not buildings but resting places where
tents might be spread near water and pasture (Exodus 4:24;...
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And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender
in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it [was] in his
sack's mouth....
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And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened
our sacks, and, behold, [every] man's money [was] in the mouth
of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it
again in our hand....
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