AN INN — literally 'the all-receiving place', a commercial establishment with a keeper (pandocheus) who takes money. It occurs once in the New Testament, at Luke 10:34, in the parable of the good Samaritan. ⚠ Its importance is where it does NOT occur: Luke 2:7 uses katalyma, a guest room, and the whole familiar picture of a family turned away from a crowded hotel rests on translating one word with the other. → first discussed at Luke 10:34