Strong's Number G3941

πάροικος

paroikos · par'-oy-kos

Transliteration:

paroikos{par'-oy-kos}

Word Origin:

from 3844 and 3624

TDNT:

5:841,788

Part of Speech:

adjective

Strong's Definition:

having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident)

Usage in the KJV:

stranger 2, sojourn 1, foreigner 1

Total: 4
Occurs 4 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

dwelling near, neighbouring
in the NT, a stranger, a foreigner, one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship
metaph.
1. without citizenship in God's kingdom
2. one who lives on earth as a stranger, a sojourner on the earth
3. of Christians whose home is in heaven