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The concept of residency is significant in the Bible, as it often relates to themes of belonging, community, and divine purpose.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the Israelites are frequently described in terms of their residency in the Promised Land. God’s covenant with Abraham included the promise of land for his descendants, making residency in Canaan a fulfillment of divine promise. <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> states, "And to you and your descendants I will give the land of your sojourn—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God."<br><br>The concept of residency also extends to the sojourners or foreigners living among the Israelites. The Law provided specific instructions on how residents who were not native Israelites were to be treated. <a href="/leviticus/19-34.htm">Leviticus 19:34</a> commands, "You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God."<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the idea of residency takes on a spiritual dimension. Believers are often described as temporary residents or sojourners on earth, with their true citizenship in heaven. This is evident in <a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a> , which exhorts, "Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul."<br><br>The early Christian communities were marked by a sense of belonging and shared identity, transcending geographical and ethnic boundaries. <a href="/acts/2-44.htm">Acts 2:44-45</a> illustrates this communal residency: "All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need."<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>Theologically, residency in the Bible underscores the transient nature of earthly life and the eternal nature of God's promises. The physical residency of the Israelites in the Promised Land serves as a type and shadow of the spiritual inheritance believers have in Christ. <a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9-10</a> reflects this, stating, "By faith he [Abraham] dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God."<br><br><b>Practical Applications</b><br><br>For contemporary believers, the biblical concept of residency encourages a perspective of stewardship and hospitality. Christians are called to be good stewards of the places where they reside, reflecting God's love and justice. Additionally, the treatment of residents, especially foreigners and strangers, is a recurring biblical theme that calls for compassion and inclusion, echoing the command to love one's neighbor as oneself.<br><br>In summary, the biblical understanding of residents encompasses both physical and spiritual dimensions, highlighting themes of promise, community, and eternal hope.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1786.htm"><span class="l">1786. entopios -- of a place, a resident</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from en and topos Definition of a place, a resident NASB Word Usage<br> local <b>residents</b> (1). local. From en and topos; a resident -- of that place. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1786.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2730.htm"><span class="l">2730. katoikeo -- to inhabit, to settle</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to inhabit, to settle NASB Word Usage dwell (17), dwelling (1), dwells (3), dwells<br> within (1), live (7), lived (8), living (4), <b>residents</b> (1), settled (2). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2730.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/3427.htm"><span class="l">3427. yashab -- to sit, remain, dwell</span></a><br><b>...</b> occupants (1), occupied (1), passed (1), peaceful (1), placed (1), remain (21),<br> remained (27), remaining (1), reposed (1), resettle (1), <b>residents</b> (1), retire <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3427.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/sheldon/in_his_steps/chapter_twenty-nine.htm"><span class="l">Chapter twenty-nine</span></a> <br><b>...</b> boon of physical toil was denied them. There were various comments on<br> the part of the <b>residents</b>. One of the new-comers, a young <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-nine.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kennedy/life_and_work_in_benares_and_kumaon_1839-1877/chapter_xxiii_habits_and_condition.htm"><span class="l">Habits and Condition of the People. Mission Work and Retirement.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> An old General, one of its first <b>residents</b>, told us that one day the preceding year<br> he saw a tiger walking leisurely above his house, and looking down, as if <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xxiii habits and condition.htm</font><p><a href="/library/finney/sermons_on_gospel_themes/i_gods_love_for_a.htm"><span class="l">God's Love for a Sinning World</span></a> <br><b>...</b> No living man can claim under such a will, and none the better though<br> these elect were described as <b>residents</b> of Oberlin. Since <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/finney/sermons on gospel themes/i gods love for a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/fagg/forty_years_in_south_china/x_the_anti-missionary_agitation.htm"><span class="l">The Anti-Missionary Agitation.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> "Because the foreign <b>residents</b> in China report the truth in <b>...</b> But the testimony of<br> missionaries agrees in this respect with that of other foreign <b>residents</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../fagg/forty years in south china/x the anti-missionary agitation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/smith/the_life_of_william_carey/chapter_iv_six_years_in.htm"><span class="l">Six Years in North Bengal --Missionary and Indigo Planter</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The civil servants, who were termed <b>Residents</b>, had not political duties with tributary<br> sovereigns as now, but from great factory-like palaces, and on large <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../smith/the life of william carey/chapter iv six years in.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bangs/a_history_of_the_methodist_episcopal_church_volume_iv/chapter_14_from_the_close.htm"><span class="l">From the Close of the General Conference of 1836 to the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> This magnificent city contains many <b>residents</b> from different parts of Europe and<br> the United States, and being a place of considerable trade, a number of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 14 from the close.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hamilton/life_of_bunyan/life_of_bunyan.htm"><span class="l">Life of Bunyan</span></a> <br><b>...</b> donkey is still browzing there, and yonder is old Bunyan's self"the brawny tramper<br> dispread on the settle, retailing to the more clownish <b>residents</b> tap-room <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/hamilton/life of bunyan/life of bunyan.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moule/to_my_younger_brethren/chapter_xi_preaching_ii.htm"><span class="l">Preaching (ii. ).</span></a> <br><b>...</b> chapter. As usual in a health resort abroad, the English <b>residents</b> represented<br> many different shades of Church opinion and practice. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/moule/to my younger brethren/chapter xi preaching ii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/berry/adventures_in_the_land_of_canaan/chapter_eleven_the_routing_of.htm"><span class="l">The Routing of Giant Doubt</span></a> <br><b>...</b> saw before! "Pilgrim Sincere, we have been talking with pilgrims and<br> <b>residents</b> of Canaan, and now we have come to see you. Will <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter eleven the routing of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/swete/an_introduction_to_the_old_testament_in_greek_additional_notes/chapter_iv_ancient_versions_based.htm"><span class="l">Ancient Versions Based Upon the Septuagint.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> on the other hand, the Greek Bible was a sealed book; for Carthage, colonised from<br> Rome before the capital had been flooded by Greek <b>residents</b>, retained the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iv ancient versions based.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/residents.htm"><span class="l"><b>Residents</b> (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Residents</b> (9 Occurrences). Acts 2:9 Parthians, Medes,<br> Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/residents.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/consist.htm"><span class="l">Consist (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of the writer, a much longer list than any other in the Epistles, and all<br> presumably-on theory that the passage is integral to the Epistle-<b>residents</b> at Rome. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/consist.htm - 80k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/romans.htm"><span class="l">Romans (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of the writer, a much longer list than any other in the Epistles, and all<br> presumably-on theory that the passage is integral to the Epistle-<b>residents</b> at Rome. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/romans.htm - 44k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/resident.htm"><span class="l">Resident (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/resident.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vulture.htm"><span class="l">Vulture (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> They flocked over the altars for the entrails from sacrifice, and devoured<br> scraps cast aside by tent-dwellers and <b>residents</b> of cities. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vulture.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/foreigner.htm"><span class="l">Foreigner (99 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> They enjoyed in many things equal rights with the native-born <b>residents</b> (Exodus<br> 12:49; Leviticus 24:22; Numbers 15:15; 35:15), but were not allowed to do <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/foreigner.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/resides.htm"><span class="l">Resides (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/resides.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ephesian.htm"><span class="l">Ephesian (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> e-fe'-zhan (Ephesios), e-fe'-zhanz: A term which, as in Acts 19:28, 34, 35 and Acts<br> 21:29, was applied to those natives or <b>residents</b> of the city of Ephesus who <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ephesian.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/poison.htm"><span class="l">Poison (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> POISON. poi'-z'-n (chemah, ro'-sh; thumos, ios): <b>Residents</b> in Palestine must,<br> from the first, have been acquainted with venomous serpents. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/poison.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/birds.htm"><span class="l">Birds (125 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> was offensive to Moses on account of extremely filthy nesting habits, but was<br> considered a great delicacy when captured in migration by <b>residents</b> of southern <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/birds.htm - 62k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Palestinian-descent.html">From whom are the modern Palestinians descended? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Mezuzah.html">What is a Mezuzah? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/who-Bereans.html">Who were the Bereans in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Residents (9 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/2-9.htm">Acts 2:9</a></span><br />Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-35.htm">Acts 9:35</a></span><br />All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/19-10.htm">Acts 19:10</a></span><br />This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/19-17.htm">Acts 19:17</a></span><br />This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-12.htm">Acts 21:12</a></span><br />When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-45.htm">Leviticus 25:45</a></span><br />Moreover of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/3-13.htm">Nehemiah 3:13</a></span><br />The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-3.htm">Nehemiah 7:3</a></span><br />I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone to be over against his house.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/6-12.htm">Micah 6:12</a></span><br />Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/residents.htm">Residents</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/resident.htm">Resident (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/residents.htm">Residents (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/inhabitant.htm">Inhabitant (54 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fellowship.htm">Fellowship (114 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/feeling.htm">Feeling (59 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/residence.htm">Residence (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/residing.htm">Residing (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mary.htm">Mary (50 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/alien.htm">Alien (102 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sojourner.htm">Sojourner (81 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spirit.htm">Spirit (706 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/seat.htm">Seat (256 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stranger.htm">Stranger (152 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/keys.htm">Keys (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/samson.htm">Samson (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/power.htm">Power (862 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cyprus.htm">Cyprus (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/temple.htm">Temple (614 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/monthly.htm">Monthly (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sodomite.htm">Sodomite (1 Occurrence)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/r/resident.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Resident"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Resident" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/r/residents_of_jerusalem.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Residents of Jerusalem"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Residents of Jerusalem" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></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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