Strong's Lexicon
G3939 — παροικέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3939 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παροικέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3844 and G3611 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | paroikeo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | par-oy-keh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner |
| KJV Renderings: | sojourn in, be a stranger |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παροικέω, παροίκῳ; 1 aorist παρῴκησα;
1. properly, to dwell beside (one) or in one’s neighborhood (παρά, IV. 1); to live near; (Xenophon, Thucydides, Isocrates, others).
2. in the Scriptures to be or dwell in a place as a stranger, to sojourn (the Sept. for âÌåÌø, several times also for éÈùÇÑá and ùÈÑëÇï): followed by ἐν with a dative of place, Luk 24:18 R L (Gen 20:1; Gen 21:34; Gen 26:3; Exo 12:40, the Alex. manuscript; Lev 18:3 (Ald.), etc.); with an accusative of place, ibid. G T Tr WH (Gen 17:8; Exo 6:4); εἰς with the accusative of place (in pregnant construction; see εἰς, C. 2), Heb 11:9. (Metaphorically and absolutely, to dwell on the earth, Philo de cherub. § 34 (cf. Clement of Rome, 1Co 1:1-31; 1Co 1:1-31 [ET] and Lightfoot and Harnack at the passage; Holtzmann, Einl. ins N. T., p. 484f. Synonym: see κατοικέω.).)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παροικέω (sojourn in)
Luke 24:18
- KJV: 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
- GK: αποκριθείς δε ο εις ω όνομα Κλεοπάς είπεν προς αυτόν συ μόνος παροικείς Ιερουσαλήμ και ουκ έγνως τα γενόμενα εν αυτή εν ταις ημέραις ταύταις
Hebrews 11:9
- KJV: By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as a strange country dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob the heirs with him of the same promise
- GK: πίστει παρώκησεν εις την γην της επαγγελίας ως αλλοτρίαν εν σκηναίς κατοικήσας μετά Ισαάκ και Ιακώβ των συγκληρονόμων της επαγγελίας της αυτής