| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay. 2. (v. t.) To receive or entertain hospitably. 3. (v. i.) To be, or act the part of, a guest. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GUEST gest (qara'; anakeimai): Oriental customs growing out of a nomadic life demand a greater abandon and freedom with respect to the relation of host and guest than are permitted by the conventionalities of western life. A householder is expected to entertain a traveler, and in turn the traveler may accept with perfect ease the hospitality shown without any obligation to pay. See HOSPITALITY. The significance of the word is that of one who is called or invited. A certain sacredness, unknown to modern western society, was attached to the guest, so that a special apartment was set aside for the guests. See GUEST-CHAMBER. In the Old Testament only 3 times is the word itself used, with reference to the guests of Adonijah (1 Kings 1:41, 49), of the foolish woman (Proverbs 9:18), and of Yahweh (Ze 1:7). In the New Testament, 3 times (Matthew 22:10; Luke 19:7 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "to lodge"). Though but few actual uses of the word occur, there are abounding illustrations of the guest relation in both Old Testament and New Testament. Especially is this manifest in the striking social attitudes of Jesus on occasions. Notable among these are the hospitality of Matthew (Luke 5:29); Jesus' relation to Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38), and His entrance into the home of Zaccheus (Luke 19:1). Likewise Jesus spoke frequently of the relation which should exist between the guest and his host (see Luke 7:44-46 Matthew 25:35; Matthew 10:40).
Walter G. Clippinger | Multi-Version Concordance Guest (24 Occurrences) Mark 14:14 and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house,'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"' (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Luke 7:37 And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume, (BBE) Luke 14:8 "When any one invites you to a wedding banquet, do not take the best seat, lest perhaps some more honoured guest than you may have been asked, (WEY) Luke 14:9 and the man who invited you both will come and will say to you, 'Make room for this guest,' and then you, ashamed, will move to the lowest place. (WEY) Luke 14:15 After listening to this teaching, one of His fellow guests said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall feast in God's Kingdom." (Root in WEY BBE) Luke 19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. (KJV WEY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Luke 22:11 Tell the master of the house,'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"' (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Luke 22:27 For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant. (BBE) Acts 10:6 He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, who has a house close to the sea." (WEY) Acts 10:32 Send therefore to Jaffa, and invite Simon, surnamed Peter, to come here. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, close to the sea.' (WEY NIV) 1 Corinthians 8:10 For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images? (BBE) 1 Corinthians 10:27 If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong. (BBE) Philemon 1:22 Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you. (WEB RSV NIV) Leviticus 22:10 No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment. (BBE NIV) Judges 19:23 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, "No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this folly. (See NIV) 1 Samuel 1:9 So after they had taken food and wine in the guest room, Hannah got up. Now Eli the priest was seated by the pillars of the doorway of the Temple of the Lord. (BBE) 1 Samuel 9:22 Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest room, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons. (WEB ASV BBE) 1 Kings 17:20 And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death? (BBE) 2 Kings 25:29 And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life. (BBE) Esther 1:8 In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. (See NIV) Esther 5:12 And Haman said further, Truly, Esther the queen let no man but myself come in to the feast which she had made ready for the king; and tomorrow again I am to be her guest with the king. (BBE) Psalms 39:12 "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were. (See RSV) Psalms 94:6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father; (BBE) Jeremiah 52:33 And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life. (BBE) | 
