Lexical Summary paroikia: a sojourning Original Word: παροικίαTransliteration: paroikia Phonetic Spelling: (par-oy-kee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a sojourning Meaning: a sojourning Strong's Concordance sojourning, as strangers. From paroikos; foreign residence -- sojourning, X as strangers. see GREEK paroikos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3940: παροικίαπαροικία, παροικίας, ἡ (παροικέω, which see), a Biblical and ecclesiastical word a dwelling near or with one; hence, a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land: properly, Acts 13:17 (2 Esdr. 8:35; Psalm 119:5 |