Lexicon paroikos: dwelling near, foreign Original Word: πάροικος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: paroikos Phonetic Spelling: (par'-oy-kos) Short Definition: a stranger, foreigner Definition: foreign, alien, subst: a foreigner, sojourner. HELPS word-Studies 3941 pároikos (from 3844 /pará, "close beside" and 3624 /oíkos, "house") – properly, someone living close to others as a temporary dweller, i.e. in a specific locale as a non-citizen with limited rights (identification). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom para and oikosDefinitiondwelling near, foreign NASB Translationalien (1), aliens (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3941: πάροικοςπάροικος, πάροικον ( παρά and οἶκος); 1. in classical Greek dwelling near, neighboring. 2. in the Scriptures a stranger, foreigner, one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship; (R. V. sojourner); the Sept. for גֵּר and תּושָׁב (see παροικέω 2, and παροικία (and cf. Schmidt, Syn., 43, 5; Liddell and Scott, under the word)): followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Acts 7:6, 29; metaphorically, without citizenship in God's kingdom: joined with ξένος and opposed to συμπολίτης, Ephesians 2:19 (μόνος κύριος ὁ Θεός πολίτης ἐστι, πάροικον δέ καί ἐπηλυτον τό γενητον ἅπαν, Philo de cherub. § 34 (cf. Mangey 1:161 note)); one who lives on earth as a stranger, a sojourner on the earth: joined with παρεπίδημος (which see), of Christians, whose fatherland is heaven, 1 Peter 2:11. (Cf. Ep. ad Diognet. § 5, 5 [ET].)
Strong's foreigner, sojourn, stranger. From para and oikos; having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident) -- foreigner, sojourn, stranger. see GREEK para see GREEK oikos |
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