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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 come from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, 12 male goats for a sin offering, all as a burnt offering to 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 delivered me from all my fears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - Let [fn]death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to [fn]Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 - For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
There will be silence [fn]before You, and praise in Zion, O God,
And to You the vow will be performed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:54

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54 - Your statutes are 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, for I sojourn in Meshech,
For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:22 - You called as in the day of an appointed feast
My terrors on every side;
And there was no one who escaped or survived
In the day of the LORD’S anger.
Those whom I [fn]bore and reared,
My enemy annihilated them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 - I heard and my [fn]inward parts trembled,
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters my bones,
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
[fn]For the people to arise who will invade us.
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