ΠΑΡΟΙΚΟΣ, παροικος
PAROIKOS, paroikos
Sounds Like: pa-ROI-koss
Translations: sojourner, a sojourner, alien, a foreigner, stranger, a stranger, resident alien, a resident alien
From the root: ΠΑΡΟΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to someone who lives in a place but is not a native citizen or permanent resident; a temporary resident, a sojourner, or a foreigner. It is a compound word formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'alongside', and 'οἶκος' (oikos), meaning 'house' or 'dwelling'. Thus, it literally means 'dwelling alongside' or 'one who dwells beside'. It can be used as both a noun (a sojourner) and an adjective (foreign, alien).
Inflection: Masculine or Feminine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G3940 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Genesis — 23:4
- Leviticus — 22:10
- Judith — 4:10
- Psalms — 38:13, 118:19
- Jeremiah — 14:8
- Acts of the Apostles — 7:29
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 23:4
- Exodus — 2:22, 12:45, 18:3
- Leviticus — 22:10, 25:40
- Deuteronomy — 23:7
- Judith — 4:10
- Psalms — 38:13, 118:19
- Psalms of Solomon — 17:31
- Jeremiah — 14:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 7:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΟΙΚΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΡΟΙΚΕ — sojourning, dwelling near, foreign, alien, a sojourner, a foreigner, an alien
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΟΙ — sojourners, strangers, foreigners, aliens, resident aliens
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΟΝ — sojourning, dwelling as a foreigner, alien, a sojourner, an alien, a stranger
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΟΥ — of a sojourner, of a stranger, of a foreigner, of an alien, of a temporary resident, sojourners, strangers, foreigners, aliens, temporary residents
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΟΥΣ — sojourners, strangers, foreigners, aliens
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