Strongs Number: G3940
- Greek Word
- παροικία
- Transliteration
- paroikia
- Phonetic
- par-oy-kee'-ah
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
foreign residence
- Thayers Definition
-
1. a dwelling near or with one
2. a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land
3. metaph. the life of a man here on earth is likened to a sojourning
- Origin
- From G3941
- Bible Usage
- sojourning X-(idiom) as strangers.