to host
xenizo denotes receiving or being received as a guest, and in some clauses describes something as unexpected or strange.
The predominant use concerns guest accommodation: people are received into a home or are staying with a host. A smaller cluster describes surprise at conduct or events, and the presentation of matters heard as strange.
Senses in use
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Receiving or staying as a guest · dominant
In Acts 10:6, Acts 10:18, and Acts 10:32, present passive forms describe Simon Peter's lodging at Simon the tanner's house. Active forms describe receiving others in Acts 10:23, Acts 28:7, and Hebrews 13:2, while Acts 21:16 uses an aorist passive subjunctive for the group's intended stay at Mnason's home.
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Regarding something as strange or surprising · common
In 1 Peter 4:4, the present passive form concerns others' surprise that the readers do not join their debauchery; in 1 Peter 4:12 it cautions against being surprised by the burning test. In Acts 17:20, the present active participle modifies the things brought to the hearers' ears, which the APB renders as "certain strange things."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the accommodation cluster with "staying," "hosted," "welcomed," and "entertained us hospitably," while the other cluster appears as "surprised" and "strange things." These expressions show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.