ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑ, παροικια
PAROIKIA, paroikia
Sounds Like: pah-roy-KEE-ah
Translations: sojourning, a sojourning, temporary residence, living as a foreigner, alien residence
From the root: ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the state of living as a foreigner or an alien in a place, implying a temporary residence rather than a permanent home. It describes the condition of being a sojourner or a stranger in a land that is not one's own. It can be used to describe the period of time spent in such a state or the community of foreigners themselves.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3940 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 13:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΑΙΣΙΑΣ — of sojourning, of dwelling as a foreigner, of temporary residence, of exile, of a foreign land
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΗΣΕΩΣ — (of) sojourning, (of) dwelling as a foreigner, (of) temporary residence, (of) alien residence
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΗΣΗΣ — of sojourning, of dwelling as a foreigner, of a temporary residence, of a temporary stay
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΗΣΙ — sojourning, a sojourning, temporary residence, living as a foreigner
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙ — sojourning, a sojourning, temporary residence, living as a foreigner, pilgrimage
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΙΣ — in sojournings, in temporary residences, in foreign lands, in communities of foreigners, in alien communities
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΝ — a sojourning, sojourning, a temporary residence, temporary residence, a foreign land, foreign land
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΑΣ — (of) sojourning, (of) dwelling, (of) a temporary residence, (of) a foreign land, (of) a temporary stay
- ΠΑΡΟΙΚΙΩΝ — of sojourning, of a sojourning, of temporary residence, of alien residence, of exile, of a foreign land
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