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Lexicon :: Strong's G3940 - paroikia

Aa
παροικία
Transliteration
paroikia (Key)
Pronunciation
par-oy-kee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:841,788

Strong’s Definitions

παροικία paroikía, par-oy-kee'-ah; from G3941; foreign residence:—sojourning, × as strangers.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3940 in the following manner: dwell as strangers (1x), sojourning here (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3940 in the following manner: dwell as strangers (1x), sojourning here (1x).

  1. a dwelling near or with one

  2. a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land

  3. metaph. the life of a man here on earth is likened to a sojourning

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παροικία paroikía, par-oy-kee'-ah; from G3941; foreign residence:—sojourning, × as strangers.
STRONGS G3940:
παροικία, 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 (Psalms 120:5); 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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
47:9
Psalms
119:5; 120:5
Acts
13:17
1 Peter
1:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3940 matches the Greek παροικία (paroikia),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 - The children of the captivity, that were come out of exile, offered burnt-offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4 -
I sought Jehovah, and he answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 -
Let death come suddenly upon them,
Let them go down alive into Sheol;
For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A song of David.
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion;
And unto thee shall the vow be performed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54 -
Thy statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 -
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech,
That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:22 -
Thou hast called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side;
And there was none that escaped or remained in the day of Jehovah’s anger:
Those that I have dandled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 -
I heard, and my body trembled,
My lips quivered at the voice;
Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place;
Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble,
For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.
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