παροικία
paroikia · stay as a foreigner
Greek word · Strong’s number G3940 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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paroikia (παροικία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “stay as a foreigner”.
A stay as a foreigner in a land not one's own; the time of one's exile.
How to say it
pa·roi·ki·a
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
- A time of living in a land not one's own.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- pilgrimage ×1
- stay as foreigners ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 13:17
The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people during their stay as foreigners in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out of it.
- 1 Peter 1:17
And if you call on as Father the one who judges without partiality according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your pilgrimage,