Neuter of a presumed compound of pas and a derivative of dechomai; all-receptive, i.e. A public lodging-place (caravanserai or khan) -- inn.
see GREEK pas
see GREEK dechomai
STRONGS NT 3829: πανδοχεῖονπανδοχεῖον (πανδοκιον, Tdf. (cf. his note on Luke 10:34, and Hesychius, under the word)), πανδοκειου, τό (from πανδοχεύς, which see), an inn, a public house for the reception of strangers (modern caravansary, khan, manzil): Luke 10:34. (Polybius 2, 15, 5; Plutarch, de sanit. tuenda c. 14; Epictetus enchirid. c. 11; but the Attic form πανδοκεῖον is used by Aristophanes ran. 550; Theophrastus, char. 11 (20), 2; Plutarch, Crass. 22; Palaeph. fab. 46; Aelian v. h. 14, 14; Polyaen. 4, 2, 3; Epictetus diss. 2, 23, 36ff; 4, 5, 15; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 307.)