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It conveys the idea of being a foreigner or an alien, living alongside others but not fully belonging to the community or nation. In the New Testament, it often carries a spiritual connotation, referring to believers as temporary residents on earth, whose true citizenship is in heaven.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient world, being a "paroikos" meant living in a place without the full rights of citizenship. Such individuals were often dependent on the hospitality and protection of the local community. This status could involve social and legal limitations, reflecting a transient and vulnerable existence. The concept was familiar in Jewish thought, as the Israelites considered themselves sojourners in Egypt and later in Babylon during the Exile.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3941</b> <i>pároikos</i> (from <a href="/greek/3844.htm">3844</a> <i>/pará</i>, "close beside" and <a href="/greek/3624.htm">3624</a> <i>/oíkos</i>, "house") – properly, someone living close to others as a <i>temporary</i> dweller, i.e. in a specific locale as a <i>non-citizen</i> with limited rights (identification).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/3844.htm">para</a> and <a href="/greek/3624.htm">oikos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>dwelling near, foreign<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>alien (1), aliens (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3941: πάροικος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πάροικος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πάροικον</span> (<span class="greek2">παρά</span> and <span class="greek2">οἶκος</span>); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> in classical Greek <span class="accented">dwelling near, neighboring</span>. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> in the Scriptures <span class="accented">a stranger, foreigner, one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship</span>; (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">sojourner</span>); the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">גֵּר</span> and <span class="hebrew">תּושָׁב</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">παροικέω</span></span> 2, and <span class="greek2">παροικία</span> (and cf. <span class="abbreviation">Schmidt</span>, Syn., 43, 5; Liddell and Scott, under the word)): followed by <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> with the dative of place, <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-6.htm">Acts 7:6, 29</a>; metaphorically, <span class="accented">without citizenship in God's kingdom</span>: joined with <span class="greek2">ξένος</span> and opposed to <span class="greek2">συμπολίτης</span>, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-19.htm">Ephesians 2:19</a> (<span class="greek2">μόνος</span> <span class="greek2">κύριος</span> <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεός</span> <span class="greek2">πολίτης</span> <span class="greek2">ἐστι</span>, <span class="greek2">πάροικον</span> <span class="greek2">δέ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπηλυτον</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">γενητον</span> <span class="greek2">ἅπαν</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> de cherub. § 34 (cf. Mangey 1:161 note)); <span class="accented">one who lives on earth as a stranger, a sojourner on the earth</span>: joined with <span class="greek2">παρεπίδημος</span> (which see), of Christians, whose fatherland is heaven, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a>. (Cf. Ep. ad Diognet. § 5, 5 [ET].)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>foreigner, sojourn, stranger. <p>From <a href="/greek/3844.htm">para</a> and <a href="/greek/3624.htm">oikos</a>; having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident) -- foreigner, sojourn, stranger. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3844.htm">para</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3624.htm">oikos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>παροικοι πάροικοι παροικον πάροικον παροικος πάροικος πάροικός παροίκου παροικους παροίκους παροίκω παροίκων paroikoi pároikoi paroikon pároikon paroikos pároikos paroikous paroíkous<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/7-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 7:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular">Adj-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σπέρμα αὐτοῦ <b>πάροικον</b> ἐν γῇ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that his DESCENDANTS <span class="itali">WOULD BE ALIENS</span> IN A FOREIGN<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> seed should <span class="itali">sojourn</span> in a strange<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> descendants of him <span class="itali">a sojourner</span> in a land<p><b><a href="/text/acts/7-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 7:29</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἐγένετο <b>πάροικος</b> ἐν γῇ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> AND BECAME <span class="itali">AN ALIEN</span> IN THE LAND<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and was <span class="itali">a stranger</span> in the land<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and became <span class="itali">exiled</span> in [the] land<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/2-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 2:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural">Adj-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ξένοι καὶ <b>πάροικοι</b> ἀλλὰ ἐστὲ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> strangers <span class="itali">and aliens,</span> but you are fellow citizens<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">foreigners,</span> but<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/2-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> strangers and <span class="itali">aliens</span> but are<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/2-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 2:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural">Adj-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">παρακαλῶ ὡς <b>παροίκους</b> καὶ παρεπιδήμους</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I urge <span class="itali">you as aliens</span> and strangers<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [you] as <span class="itali">strangers</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I exhort [you] as <span class="itali">strangers</span> and exiles<p><b><a href="/greek/3941.htm">Strong's Greek 3941</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3941.htm">4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/paroikoi_3941.htm">πάροικοι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/paroikon_3941.htm">πάροικον — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/paroikos_3941.htm">πάροικος — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/paroikous_3941.htm">παροίκους — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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