Strong G3941πάροικος
foreigner
- Transliteration
- paroikos
- Pronunciation
- par'-oy-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed 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)
In the Bible
Strong G3941 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stranger2
- foreigner1
- sojourn1
First verses
- 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.
- Acts 7:29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
- Ephesians 2:19Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
- 1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πάροικος, ον,
dwelling beside or near, neighbouring, with genitive, Κάδμου πάροικοι.. δόμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1155; [πόλεις]π.Ρῃκίων ἐπαύλων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 869 (Lyric poetry): with _dative_, ποταμῷ παροίκους Ἅλυϊ Diog.Trag. 1.7, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.113: _absolutely_, ἡ π. πηλαμύς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 503)]; neighbour, οὐκ ἀσίνης π. [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 80)]; Ἀττικὸς π., proverbial of a restless neighbour, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1395a18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 96J.)]
2 π. πόλεμος war with neighbours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.235.)]
II foreign, alien, [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.15.13, +others; σπέρμα π. ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ NT.Act.7.6)]: as substantive, sojourner in another's house, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.82)]: generally, alien, stranger, [LXX (LXX.Lev.22.10)]: in later Greek, ={μέτοικος}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 398.37 (Cos, 3rd c.BC), “IG” 7.2712.64 (Acraeph.), “OGI” 1338.12,20, +others(Pergam., 2nd c.BC), etc.)]; = colonus, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.34.1 (_plural_).)]
dwelling beside or near, neighbouring, with genitive, Κάδμου πάροικοι.. δόμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1155; [πόλεις]π.Ρῃκίων ἐπαύλων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 869 (Lyric poetry): with _dative_, ποταμῷ παροίκους Ἅλυϊ Diog.Trag. 1.7, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.113: _absolutely_, ἡ π. πηλαμύς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 503)]; neighbour, οὐκ ἀσίνης π. [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 80)]; Ἀττικὸς π., proverbial of a restless neighbour, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1395a18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Duris Epigrammaticus 96J.)]
2 π. πόλεμος war with neighbours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.235.)]
II foreign, alien, [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.15.13, +others; σπέρμα π. ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ NT.Act.7.6)]: as substantive, sojourner in another's house, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.82)]: generally, alien, stranger, [LXX (LXX.Lev.22.10)]: in later Greek, ={μέτοικος}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 398.37 (Cos, 3rd c.BC), “IG” 7.2712.64 (Acraeph.), “OGI” 1338.12,20, +others(Pergam., 2nd c.BC), etc.)]; = colonus, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.34.1 (_plural_).)]