foreign
xenos marks persons or things as outside a familiar community, place, or body of teaching, and can describe a host.
The predominant use marks people as outsiders or strangers in relation to a place, community, or household; the same term also describes unfamiliar events, deities, and teachings. One occurrence presents Gaius as a host, though the translation does not provide word-level alignment.
Senses in use
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Persons outside a community or place · dominant
The masculine forms identify people encountered as outsiders: in Matthew 25:35 the APB renders a person who is welcomed as “a stranger,” while Matthew 27:7 speaks of a burial place for “foreigners.” In Ephesians 2:12 and Ephesians 2:19, the plural form occurs in statements about being outside, and then no longer outside, Israel's citizenship and God's household; Acts 17:21 likewise places the plural among foreigners sojourning in Athens.
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Unfamiliar events, deities, or teachings · common
Neuter forms modify matters presented as unfamiliar or outside what is expected: in 1 Peter 4:12 the APB renders the testing as though “something foreign” were happening, and in Acts 17:18 it reports a claim about “foreign deities.” In Hebrews 13:9, the feminine plural form occurs with diverse and “strange teachings.”
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Host · rare
In Romans 16:23, the nominative masculine singular form is associated with Gaius in a greeting clause that the APB renders “my host and host of the whole assembly.” The precise English correspondence remains less certain.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses “stranger,” “foreigners,” “foreign,” and “strange,” and in Romans 16:23 it uses “host.” These are verse-level renderings rather than word-by-word alignments.