Strong G8311μέτοικος
a refugee
- Transliteration
- metoikos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
1. changing one's abode, emigrating and settling elsewhere , (Herdotus Historicus)
2. as Substantive μέτοικος, ἡ, an alien settled in a foreign city, a settler, emigrant, sojourner , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; μ. γῆς one who has settled in a country, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
3. at Athens, a resident alien , who paid a tax μετοίκιον); but enjoyed no civic rights, (Thucydides), etc. (ML)
2. as Substantive μέτοικος, ἡ, an alien settled in a foreign city, a settler, emigrant, sojourner , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; μ. γῆς one who has settled in a country, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
3. at Athens, a resident alien , who paid a tax μετοίκιον); but enjoyed no civic rights, (Thucydides), etc. (ML)