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Lexicon :: Strong's G3940 - paroikia

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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 Box Ezr 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 -

The exiles who had returned from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, and seventy-seven lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering for the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4 -

I sought the LORD, and he answered me

and rescued me from all my fears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 -

Let death take them by surprise;

let them go down to Sheol alive,

because evil is in their homes and within them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 -

Praise is rightfully yours,[fn]

God, in Zion;

vows to you will be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:54

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54 -

Your statutes are the theme of my song

during my earthly life.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 -

What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,[fn]

that I have lived among the tents of Kedar![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:22 -

You summon those who terrorize me[fn] on every side,

as if for an appointed festival day;

on the day of the LORD’s anger

no one escaped or survived.

My enemy has destroyed

those I nurtured[fn] and reared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 -

I heard, and I trembled within;

my lips quivered at the sound.

Rottenness entered my bones;

I trembled where I stood.

Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress

to come against the people invading us.

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