Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3941
πάροικος
paroikos · “foreigner”
Used 4 times across 3 books
Definition
άρ-οικος, -ον
[in LXX chiefly for גֵּר, תּוֹשָׁב ;]
1. in cl. Attic, dwelling near, neighbouring; as subst., a neighbour.
2. In late writers (LXX, Philo) and in Iuser. (Deiss., BS, 227 f.; Kennedy, Sources, 102), foreign, alien; as subst., an alien, a sojourner: Act.7:6 (LXX), Act.7:29; metapb., ξένοι καὶ π. (opposite to συμπολίτης), Eph.2:19; π. καὶ παρεπιδήμους (which see), 1Pe.2:11 (see Lft. on Clem. Rom., 1 Co., § 1).†
[in LXX chiefly for גֵּר, תּוֹשָׁב ;]
1. in cl. Attic, dwelling near, neighbouring; as subst., a neighbour.
2. In late writers (LXX, Philo) and in Iuser. (Deiss., BS, 227 f.; Kennedy, Sources, 102), foreign, alien; as subst., an alien, a sojourner: Act.7:6 (LXX), Act.7:29; metapb., ξένοι καὶ π. (opposite to συμπολίτης), Eph.2:19; π. καὶ παρεπιδήμους (which see), 1Pe.2:11 (see Lft. on Clem. Rom., 1 Co., § 1).†
Where it appears
Acts2
Ephesians1
1 Peter1
In the text
Acts 7:6And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.Acts 7:29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.Ephesians 2:19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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