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Lexicon :: Strong's G3941 - paroikos

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxAct 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6 - And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:29 - And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:19 - So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
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