Strong’s G3939 · Greek
παροικέω
paroikéō · par-oy-keh'-o
Origin from παρά (G3844) and οἰκέω (G3611);
Meaning to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner
In the King James Version sojourn in, be a stranger.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 24:18And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
- Hebrews 11:9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.