3940. paroikia
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paroikia: a sojourning
Original Word: παροικία, ας, ἡ
Part 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 Origin
from paroikos
Definition
a sojourning
NASB Translation
stay (2).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 3940: παροικία

παροικία, παροικίας, (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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