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Lexicon :: Strong's G3941 - paroikos

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πάροικος
Transliteration
paroikos (Key)
Pronunciation
par'-oy-kos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:841,788

Strong’s Definitions

πάροικος pároikos, par'-oy-kos; from G3844 and G3624; having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident):—foreigner, sojourn, stranger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3941 in the following manner: stranger (2x), sojourn (1x), foreigner (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3941 in the following manner: stranger (2x), sojourn (1x), foreigner (1x).

  1. dwelling near, neighbouring

  2. in the NT, a stranger, a foreigner, one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship

  3. metaph.

    1. without citizenship in God's kingdom

    2. one who lives on earth as a stranger, a sojourner on the earth

    3. of Christians whose home is in heaven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πάροικος pároikos, par'-oy-kos; from G3844 and G3624; having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident):—foreigner, sojourn, stranger.
STRONGS G3941:
πάροικος, πάροικον (παρά and οἶκος);
1. in classical Greek dwelling near, neighboring.
2. in the Scriptures a stranger, foreigner, one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship; (R. V. sojourner); the Sept. for גֵּר and תּושָׁב (see παροικέω 2, and παροικία (and cf. Schmidt, Syn., 43, 5; Liddell and Scott, under the word)): followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Acts 7:6, 29; metaphorically, without citizenship in God's kingdom: joined with ξένος and opposed to συμπολίτης, Ephesians 2:19 (μόνος κύριος ὁ Θεός πολίτης ἐστι, πάροικον δέ καί ἐπηλυτον τό γενητον ἅπαν, Philo de cherub. § 34 (cf. Mangey 1:161 note)); one who lives on earth as a stranger, a sojourner on the earth: joined with παρεπίδημος (which see), of Christians, whose fatherland is heaven, 1 Peter 2:11. (Cf. Ep. ad Diognet. § 5, 5 [ET].)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
7:6; 7:29
Ephesians
2:19
1 Peter
2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3941 matches the Greek πάροικος (paroikos),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then the LORD said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - “Here I am, a stranger and a foreigner among you. Please sell me a piece of land so I can give my wife a proper burial.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 - Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[fn] for he explained, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:45 - Temporary residents and hired servants may not eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - (Moses’ first son was named Gershom,[fn] for Moses had said when the boy was born, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:10 - “No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings. Even guests and hired workers in a priest’s home are not allowed to eat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - But you may eat whatever the land produces on its own during its Sabbath. This applies to you, your male and female servants, your hired workers, and the temporary residents who live with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 - “If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40 - Treat him instead as a hired worker or as a temporary resident who lives with you, and he will serve you only until the Year of Jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:45 - You may also purchase the children of temporary residents who live among you, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - “Suppose a foreigner or temporary resident becomes rich while living among you. If any of your fellow Israelites fall into poverty and are forced to sell themselves to such a foreigner or to a member of his family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling merchants. Anyone who accidentally kills someone may flee there for safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - “Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - Now in those days Israel had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi living in a remote area of the hill country of Ephraim. One day he brought home a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - Then David said to the young man who had brought the news, “Where are you from?”
And he replied, “I am a foreigner, an Amalekite, who lives in your land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:10 - During the reign of Saul, the Reubenites defeated the Hagrites in battle. Then they moved into the Hagrite settlements all along the eastern edge of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 - Hear my prayer, O LORD!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest—
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 - He said this when they were few in number,
a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:19 - I am only a foreigner in the land.
Don’t hide your commands from me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - O Hope of Israel, our Savior in times of trouble,
why are you like a stranger to us?
Why are you like a traveler passing through the land,
stopping only for the night?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns,” says the LORD.
“No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - And what sorrow awaits you Philistines[fn]
who live along the coast and in the land of Canaan,
for this judgment is against you, too!
The LORD will destroy you
until not one of you is left.
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