Strong G3939παροικέω

be a stranger

Transliteration
paroikeō
Pronunciation
par-oy-keh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3844 and G3611; to dwell near that is reside as a foreigner: - sojourn in be a stranger.

Detailed definition

παρ-οικέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for גּוּר, also for יָשַׁב, שָׁכַן ]
in cl., to dwell beside (with accusative), among (with dative) or near by (absol.). In late writers, to dwell in a place as a πάροικος (which see) or stranger: Luk.24:18, Heb.11:9.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3939 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • art1
  • sojourn1
  • stranger1

First verses

  1. Luke 24:18
    And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
  2. Hebrews 11:9
    By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παροικ-έω,
dwell beside, with accusative, ἀπὸ Κνίδου μέχρι Σινώπης τὴν Ἀσίαν π. dwell along the coasts of Asia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.162)]: with dative, live near, πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71; ταῖς πυραμίσι “OGI” 666.13 (1st c.AD))]; dwell among, τισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.93: _absolutely_, [prev. author] 6.82)]; of places, lie near, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 1.5.)]
II live in a place as πάροικος, οἱ παροικοῦντες ξένοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.47, compare “SIG” 709.9 (Chersonesus, 2nd c.BC))]; ὡς ἐπὶ ξένης [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.416)]; sojourn in, Ἱερουσαλήμ [NT (NT.Luke.24.18.)]
III metaphorically, τὸν ἀνθ ρώπινον βίον παρῳκηκότες [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 38.)]