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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 - Then the exiles who had come out of captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They presented twelve bulls for all the people of Israel, as well as ninety-six rams and seventy-seven male lambs. They also offered twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was given as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:4 - I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me.
He freed me from all my fears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - Let death stalk my enemies;
let the grave[fn] swallow them alive,
for evil makes its home within them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 - For the choir director: A song. A psalm of David.

What mighty praise, O God,
belongs to you in Zion.
We will fulfill our vows to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:54

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54 - Your decrees have been the theme of my songs
wherever I have lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 - How I suffer in far-off Meshech.
It pains me to live in distant Kedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:22 - “You have invited terrors from all around,
as though you were calling them to a day of feasting.
In the day of the LORD’s anger,
no one has escaped or survived.
The enemy has killed all the children
whom I carried and raised.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 - I trembled inside when I heard this;
my lips quivered with fear.
My legs gave way beneath me,[fn]
and I shook in terror.
I will wait quietly for the coming day
when disaster will strike the people who invade us.
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