Strong's Lexicon

G3939

G3939 — παροικέω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekparoikeoverbOccurrences: 2

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

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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
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