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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

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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 - These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:1 - Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappado'cia, Asia, and Bithyn'ia,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:11 - Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul.
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