signifies (a) "to receive as a guest" (xenos, "a guest") rendered "entertained" in Act 28:7, RV, for AV, "lodged;" in Heb 13:2, "have entertained;" (b) "to be astonished by the strangeness of a thing," Act 17:20, 1Pe 4:4, 1Pe 4:12. See LODGE, STRANGE (think).
Note: In Heb 13:2 (first part), philoxenia, lit., "love of strangers" (phileo, "to love," and xenos, "a stranger or guest"), is translated "to show love to," RV, for AV, "entertain." See HOSPITALITY.