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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

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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 - Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4 - I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 - [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David.]] Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:54

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54 - Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 - Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:22 - Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD'S anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 - When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
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