Lexicon paroikia: a sojourning Original Word: παροικία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: paroikia Phonetic Spelling: (par-oy-kee'-ah) Short Definition: a sojourning Definition: a sojourning, a dwelling in a strange land. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom paroikosDefinitiona sojourning NASB Translationstay (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3940: παροικίαπαροικία, παροικίας, ἡ ( παροικέω, which see), a Biblical and ecclesiastical word a dwelling near or with one; hence, a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land: properly, Acts 13:17 (2 Esdr. 8:35; Psalm 119:5 (); Wis. 19:10; Prol. of Sir. 21; cf. Fritzsche on Judith 5:9). Metaphorically, the life of man here on earth, likened to a sojourning: 1 Peter 1:17 (Genesis 47:9); see παρεπίδημος (and references under παροικέω).
Strong's sojourning, as strangers. From paroikos; foreign residence -- sojourning, X as strangers. see GREEK paroikos |
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