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Guest room/inn

κατάλυμαStrong’s G2646

kataluma

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Kataluma is the Greek word usually translated “guest room” and “inn”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?”
Mark 14:14 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “guest room” and “inn”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • guest room 2
  • inn 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 2
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

κατάλυμα kataluma · guest room/inn

κατά-λυμα, -τος, τό (καταλύω), [in LXX: Exo.4:24 (מָלוֹן), 1Ki.9:22 (לִשְׁכָּה), etc. ;] 1. = cl. καταγώγιον (cf. πανδοχεῖον), an inn, lodgingplace: Luk.2:7 (so Ex, l.with, and MGr.). 2. a guest-room (1Sam,l.with): Mrk.14:14, Luk.22:11.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “inn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

INN, noun

[Heb. To dwell or to pitch a tent.]

  1. A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers.“There was no room for them in the inn” Luke 2:7
  2. In England, a college of municipal or common law professors and students; formerly, the town-house of a nobleman, bishop or other distinguished personage, in which he resided when he attended the court.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.