G3940

παροικία

paroikia

Feminine noun · From πάροικος (G3941)

From G3941; foreign residence:—sojourning, × as strangers.

Outline

a dwelling near or with one
a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land
metaph. the life of a man here on earth is likened to a sojourning

Usages

Acts 13:17

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

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1 Peter 1:17

And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

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