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Lexicon :: Strong's G3941 - paroikos

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πάροικος
Transliteration
paroikos (Key)
Pronunciation
par'-oy-kos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:841,788

Strong’s Definitions

πάροικος pároikos, par'-oy-kos; from G3844 and G3624; having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident):—foreigner, sojourn, stranger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3941 in the following manner: stranger (2x), sojourn (1x), foreigner (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3941 in the following manner: stranger (2x), sojourn (1x), foreigner (1x).

  1. dwelling near, neighbouring

  2. in the NT, a stranger, a foreigner, one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship

  3. metaph.

    1. without citizenship in God's kingdom

    2. one who lives on earth as a stranger, a sojourner on the earth

    3. of Christians whose home is in heaven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πάροικος pároikos, par'-oy-kos; from G3844 and G3624; having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident):—foreigner, sojourn, stranger.
STRONGS G3941:
πάροικος, 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].)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
7:6; 7:29
Ephesians
2:19
1 Peter
2:11

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Strong's Number G3941 matches the Greek πάροικος (paroikos),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6 - “But God spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS G3941 IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD [fn]BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:29 - “At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN G3941 IN THE LAND OF [fn]MIDIAN, where he became the father of two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:19 - So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, G3941 but you are fellow citizens with the [fn]saints, and are of God’s household,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - Beloved, I urge you as aliens G3941 and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.
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