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πάροικος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πάροικος, ον
Greek transliteration: 
paroikos
Simplified transliteration: 
paroikos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3941
GK Number: 
4230
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-3a
Gloss: 
strange; (n.) alien, foreigner, stranger
Definition: 
a neighbor;, later, a sojourner, temporary resident, stranger, Acts 7:6, 29; Eph. 2:19; 1 Pet. 2:11*

Greek-English Concordance for πάροικος

Acts 7:6 And God spoke thus, that Abraham’s descendants would be sojourners (paroikon | πάροικον | nom sg neut) in a foreign land, and that the people would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years.
Acts 7:29 At this remark, Moses fled and became an exile (paroikos | πάροικος | nom sg masc) in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.
Ephesians 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens (paroikoi | πάροικοι | nom pl masc), but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
1 Peter 2:11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners (paroikous | παροίκους | acc pl masc) and exiles to abstain from desires of the flesh, which wage war against your soul,