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Lexicon :: Strong's G3927 - parepidēmos

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παρεπίδημος
Transliteration
parepidēmos (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ep-id'-ay-mos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:64,49

Strong’s Definitions

παρεπίδημος parepídēmos, par-ep-id'-ay-mos; from G3844 and the base of G1927; an alien alongside, i.e. a resident foreigner:—pilgrim, stranger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3927 in the following manner: pilgrim (2x), stranger (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3927 in the following manner: pilgrim (2x), stranger (1x).

  1. one who comes from a foreign country into a city or land to reside there by the side of the natives

  2. a stranger

  3. sojourning in a strange place, a foreigner

  4. in the NT metaph. in reference to heaven as the native country, one who sojourns on earth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παρεπίδημος parepídēmos, par-ep-id'-ay-mos; from G3844 and the base of G1927; an alien alongside, i.e. a resident foreigner:—pilgrim, stranger.
STRONGS G3927:
παρεπίδημος, παρεπιδημον (see ἐπιδημέω), properly, "one who comes from a foreign country into a city or land to reside there by the side of the natives; hence, stranger; sojourning in a strange place, a foreigner" (Polybius 32, 22, 4; Athen. 5, p. 196 a.); in the N. T. metaphorically, in reference to heaven as the native country, one who sojourns on earth: so of Christians, 1 Peter 1:1; joined with πάροικοι, 1 Peter 2:11, cf. 1:17, (Christians πατριδας οἰκοῦσιν ἰδίας, ἀλλ' ὡς πάροικοι. μετεχουσι πάντων ὡς πολῖται, καί πανθ' ὑπομένουσιν ὡς ξένοι. πᾶσα ξένῃ πατρίς ἐστιν αὐτῶν καί πᾶσα πατρίς ξένῃ, Ep. ad Diogn. c. 5 [ET]); of the patriarchs, ξένοι καί παρεπίδημοί ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Hebrews 11:13 (Genesis 23:4; Psalm 38:13 (Ps. 39:13); παρεπιδημια τίς ἐστιν ὁ βίος, Aeschines dial. Socrates 3, 3, where see Fischer).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
23:4
Psalms
38:13; 39:13
Hebrews
11:13
1 Peter
1:1; 1:17; 2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3927 matches the Greek παρεπίδημος (parepidēmos),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:13 - All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1 - This letter is from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ.
I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.
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