Pároikos — G3941

Definition

adjective

having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident)

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

Usually translated as

sojourn, stranger, foreigner

Origin

from G3844 and G3624

• pará (G3844)
• oîkos (G3624)

Occurrences

Pároikos occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (2), Ephesians (1), 1 Peter (1)

• Acts 7:6 — And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn (πάροικον) in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
• Acts 7:29 — Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger (πάροικος) in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
• Ephesians 2:19 — Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners (πάροικοι), but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
• 1 Peter 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers (παροίκους) and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;