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πάροικος

paroikosforeignerHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentAdjective4 occurrences3 books4 verses

Definition

άρ-οικος, -ον

[in LXX chiefly for גֵּר, תּוֹשָׁב ;]

1. in cl. Attic, dwelling near, neighbouring; as subst., a neighbour.

2. In late writers (LXX, Philo) and in Iuser. (Deiss., BS, 227 f.; Kennedy, Sources, 102), foreign, alien; as subst., an alien, a sojourner: Acts 7:6 (LXX), Acts 7:29; metapb., ξένοι καὶ π. (opposite to συμπολίτης), Ephesians 2:19; π. καὶ παρεπιδήμους (which see), 1 Peter 2:11 (see Lft. on Clem. Rom., 1 Co., § 1).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πάροικος:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

4 total
  1. Acts 7:6πάροικον · foreigners
    God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  2. Acts 7:29πάροικος · a foreigner
    At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
  3. Ephesians 2:19πάροικοι · foreigners
    Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
  4. 1 Peter 2:11παροίκους · foreigners
    Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.