to host

Greek Verb

ξενίζω (ξένος), [in LXX: Est.3:13, Sir.29:25, 2Ma.9:6, 3Ma.7:3 *;] 1) to receive as a guest, entertain: with accusative of person(s), Act.10:23 28:7, Heb.13:2; pass, Act.10:6, 18 10:32 21:16. 2) In late writers (Polyb, al; 2Mac, l.with), to surprise, astonish by strangeness: Act.17:20; pass, 1Pe.4:4 4:12. (AS)

to host

Greek Verb

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+]

Greek

Verb

to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange; entertain, lodge, (think it) strange; from g3581 (ξένος)