Paroikos πάροικος
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| πάροικος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | paroikos |
| Strong's number | G3941 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | foreigner |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (2) |
Paroikos (Greek πάροικος, Strong's G3941) is a Greek adjective meaning “foreigner”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
άρ-οικος, -ον
[in LXX chiefly for גֵּר, תּוֹשָׁב ;]
1. in cl. Attic, dwelling near, neighbouring; as subst., a neighbour.
2. In late writers (LXX, Philo) and in Iuser. (Deiss., BS, 227 f.; Kennedy, Sources, 102), foreign, alien; as subst., an alien, a sojourner: Act.7:6 (LXX), Act.7:29; metapb., ξένοι καὶ π. (opposite to συμπολίτης), Eph.2:19; π. καὶ παρεπιδήμους (which see), 1Pe.2:11 (see Lft. on Clem. Rom., 1 Co., § 1).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for גֵּר, תּוֹשָׁב ;]
1. in cl. Attic, dwelling near, neighbouring; as subst., a neighbour.
2. In late writers (LXX, Philo) and in Iuser. (Deiss., BS, 227 f.; Kennedy, Sources, 102), foreign, alien; as subst., an alien, a sojourner: Act.7:6 (LXX), Act.7:29; metapb., ξένοι καὶ π. (opposite to συμπολίτης), Eph.2:19; π. καὶ παρεπιδήμους (which see), 1Pe.2:11 (see Lft. on Clem. Rom., 1 Co., § 1).†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sojourn (1), stranger (1), foreigners (1), strangers (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | foreigners (3), foreigner (1) |
Topics
Verses
Every verse with Paroikos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 7:6And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Acts 7:29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
Ephesians
- Ephesians 2:19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
1 Peter
- 1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).