Quick Definition
ξενίζω v. I entertain a stranger, I startle
Strong's Definition
from 3581; to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange
KJV Usage: entertain, lodge, (think it) strange
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ξενία · ξενοδοχέω · ξένος · φιλοξενία · φιλόξενος
34.57 · Association · Show Hospitality
to show hospitality, to receive a stranger as a guest, hospitality to receive and show hospitality to a stranger, that is, someone who is not regarded as a member of the extended family or a close friend To receive a stranger as a guest is sometimes expressed idiomatically as ‘to let a stranger sit at one’s table,’ ‘to offer a bed to a stranger,’ or ‘to let a stranger enter one’s house.’
ACT 10:6 · ACT 10:18 · ACT 10:23 · ACT 10:32 · ACT 21:16 · ACT 28:7 · HEB 13:2
25.206 · (ξενίζομαι) · Attitudes and Emotions · Surprise, Astonish
to be surprised (compare ξένος ‘unknown, surprising,’ 28.34) to experience a sudden feeling of unexpected wonder The experience of ‘surprise’ may be expressed idiomatically in some languages, for example, ‘to be left with one’s mouth open’ or ‘to have one’s eyes made wide open.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χενίζω xenizō 10x
to receive as a guest, entertain, Acts 10:23; 28:7; Heb. 13:2; pass. to be entertained as a guest, to lodge or reside with, Acts 10:6, 18, 32; 21:16; to strike with a feeling of strangeness, to surprise; pass. or mid. to be struck with surprise, be staggered, be amazed, 1 Pet. 4:4, 12; intrans. to be strange; χενίζοντα, strange matters, novelties, Acts 17:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ξενίζω
(< ξένος), [in LXX: Es 3:13, Si 29:25, II Mac 9:6, III Mac 7:3*;]
to receive as a guest, entertain: c. acc. pers., Ac 10:23 28:7, He 13:2; pass., Ac 10:6, 18, 32 21:16.
In late writers (Polyb., al.; II Mac 9:6), to surprise, astonish by strangeness: Ac 17:20; pass., I Pe 4:4, 12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ξενίζω in its ordinary sense of ‘‘entertain” as a guest (Ac 107% al.) may be illustrated from the Coan sacrificial calendar Syll 616 (= 8 1025)*° (iv/iii B.C.) ἱαροποιοὶ δὲ ξενιζόζντω τὰ Ἱερῆ Kal τὸς κάρυκας tlavta]y τὰν νύκτα : cf. the use of the corresponding subst. (as in Prov 1517) in OG/ZS 22093! (mid. iii/B.c.) καλεσάτωσαν δὲ οἱ ἐπιμήνιοι τῆς βουλῆς, καὶ τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς τοὺς παραγενομένους] ἐγ Μαγνησίας ἐπὶ ξενισμὸν εἰς τὸ πρυτανεῖον. The verbin its derived meaning of ‘‘surprise,” ‘‘ astonish,” as in Ac 177°, 1 Pet 4412, is seen in such passages as P Par 64° (ii/B.C.) ἱκανῶς ἐξενίσθην Kal τούτῳ ἀντιμεμφομένῳ ὧν χάριν ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ ὑπὸ εὐεργεσιῶν ὑπέδειξα, μὴ ἐπὶ βάθος σε τὸ τοιοῦτον πεποηκέναι, P Strass I. 358 (iv/v A.D.) ξενίζομε μέχρει τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας πῶς ovk ... , and P Jand 20! (vi/vii a.D.): cf. also M. Anton. viii. 15. Part V.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ξενίζω (xenizō) — to host. ξεν-ίζω, Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ξεινίζω, future -ιῶ, later -ίσω[Refs]aorist ἐξείνισσα, ξείνισσα, -ισα (see. below): (ξένος):—receive or entertain as a guest, ξείνους [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξείνισ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξ. τινὰ πολλοῖς ἀγαθοῖς to present with hospitable gifts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμᾶς ἐν πόλει ξενίσωμεν ὧν.. εἴχομεν with or on what we had, [Refs 5th c.BC+] i.e. who fell not in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: —passive, to be entertained as a guest, [NT+5th c.BC+]
II. surprise, astonish by some strange sight, ξενίζουσαν καὶ καταπληκτικὴν πρόσοψιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ξ. τὴν ἀκοήν, of strange words, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ξ. [τὴν τῶν πολλῶν συνήθειαν] do violence to the ordinary use of language, [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—passive, to be astonished, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι [NT+2nd c.BC+]; to be puzzled, unable to comprehend, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of fresh leeches, to be unaccustomed to the skin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. make strange, of plants and animals, i.e. stunt their growth and distort them, [Refs]; τῷ πλήθει ξενιζομένη ἡ φύσις being altered in character, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III. intransitive, to be a stranger, speak with a foreign accent, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2. to be strange or unusual, of diseases, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]