King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3940
Transliteration: paroikia
Phonetic Spelling: (par-oy-kee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a sojourning
Meaning: a sojourning
παροικία, παροικίας, ἡ (παροικέω, which see), a Biblical and ecclesiastical word a dwelling near or with one; hence, a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land: properly, Acts 13:17 (2 Esdr. 8:35; Psalm 119:5 (); Wis. 19:10; Prol. of Sir. 21; cf. Fritzsche on Judith 5:9). Metaphorically, the life of man here on earth, likened to a sojourning: 1 Peter 1:17 (Genesis 47:9); see παρεπίδημος (and references under παροικέω).
Word Summary
paroikia: a sojourning
Original Word: παροικίαTransliteration: paroikia
Phonetic Spelling: (par-oy-kee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a sojourning
Meaning: a sojourning
Strong's Concordance
sojourning, as strangers. From paroikos; foreign residence -- sojourning, X as strangers.
see GREEK paroikos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3940: παροικίαπαροικία, παροικίας, ἡ (παροικέω, which see), a Biblical and ecclesiastical word a dwelling near or with one; hence, a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land: properly, Acts 13:17 (2 Esdr. 8:35; Psalm 119:5