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A place where travelers rested for the night (Heb. mālôn, “lodging place”). The term implies little more than a level stretch of ground on which to sleep (Gen. 42:27; Exod. 4:24; Jer. 9:2[MT 1]; NJPSV “encampment”).

In the NT Gk. katályma (from katá, “down,” and lúō, “to loose”) signifies a place where travelers could loose their own burdens or that of their beasts and rest. By the 2nd century b.c.e. the term came to mean generally a lodging or dwelling place (so Luke 2:7). However, in Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11 it refers more particularly to a guest or dining room, designating the setting for the Last Supper. Another term, Gk. pandocheíon, means literally a place where all are received (in the NT only at Luke 10:34, in the parable of the Good Samaritan), including cattle and beasts of burden; thus, the inn of the parable was most likely a place where cattle as well as humans gathered.

Dale Ellenburg

Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

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Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)