ἐπιδημέω

epidēmeō · stay, reside

Greek word · Strong’s number G1927 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

epidēmeō (ἐπιδημέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “stay, reside”.

Stay in a place as a visitor or foreigner, reside there for a time.

How to say it

e·pi·dē·me·ō

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To live for a while in a city not your own.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • residing there ×1
  • visiting ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Acts 2:10

    Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and the visiting Romans,

  • Acts 17:21

    Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time in nothing else than telling something or hearing something new.