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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 - “But God G2316 spoke G2980 to G3779 this G3779 effect G3779, that his DESCENDANTS G4690 WOULD BE STRANGERS G3941 IN A LAND G1093 THAT WAS NOT G245 THEIRS G245, AND [fn]THEY WOULD ENSLAVE G1402 AND MISTREAT G2559 THEM FOR FOUR G5071 HUNDRED G5071 YEARS G2094.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:29 - “At this G3778 remark G3056, MOSES G3475 FLED G5343 AND BECAME G1096 A STRANGER G3941 IN THE LAND G1093 OF [fn]MIDIAN G3099, where G3757 he fathered G1080 two G1417 sons G5207.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:19 - So G686 then G686 you are no G3765 longer G3765 strangers G3581 and foreigners G3941, but you are fellow G4847 citizens G4847 with the [fn]saints G40, and are G3609 of G3609 God’s G2316 household G3609,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 -

Beloved G27, I urge G3870 you as foreigners G3941 and strangers G3927 to abstain G568 from fleshly G4559 lusts G1939, which G3748 wage G4754 war G4754 against G2596 the soul G5590.

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