Quick Definition
I sojourn
Strong's Definition
to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner
Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G3611 (οἰκέω);
KJV Usage: sojourn in, be a stranger
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παροικέω, παροίκῳ; 1 aorist παρῴκησα;
1. properly, to dwell beside (one) or in one's neighborhood (παρά, IV. 1); to live near; (Xenophon, Thucydides, Isocrates, others).
2. in the Scriptures to be or dwell in a place as a stranger, to sojourn (the Sept. for βΜεΜψ, several times also for ιΘωΗΡα and ωΘΡλΗο): followed by ἐν with a dative of place, Luk_24:18 R L (Gen_20:1; Gen_21:34; Gen_26:3; Exo_12:40, the Alex. manuscript; Lev_18:3 (Ald.), etc.); with an accusative of place, ibid. G T Tr WH (Gen_17:8; Exo_6:4); εἰς with the accusative of place (in pregnant construction; see εἰς, C. 2), Heb_11:9. (Metaphorically and absolutely, to dwell on the earth, Philo de cherub. § 34 (cf. Clement of Rome, 1Co_1:1-31; 1Co_1:1-31 [ET] and Lightfoot and Harnack at the passage; Holtzmann, Einl. ins N. T., p. 484f. Synonym: see κατοικέω.).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παροικέω paroikeō 2x
to dwell beside; later, to reside in a place as a stranger, sojourn, be a stranger or sojourner, Luk_24:18 ; Heb_11:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρ -οικέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1481 , also for H3427 , H7931 ]
in cl ., to dwell beside ( c . acc ), among ( c . dat .) or near by ( absol. ). In late writers, to dwell in a place as a πάροικος ( q.v. ) or stranger : Luk_24:18 , Heb_11:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παροικέω [page 495]
lit. dwell beside, comes to be used in late Greek in the sense of dwell transitorily, as compared with dwell permanently (κατοικέω ) : see the reff. in Lightfoot Col. .2 p. 159. The word is thus very suitable to describe the pilgrim nature of the Christian Church in relation to the locality in which it is situated : cf. Clem. R. ad Cor. inscr. ἡ ἑκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ παροικοῦσα Ῥώμην τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ παροικούσῃ Κόρινθον (with Lightfoot s note), Polycarp ad Phil. inscr. τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ παροικούση Φιλίππους . See also Philo de conf. linguarum 78 (ed. Wendland) πατρίδα μὲν τὸν οὐράνιον χῶρον ἐν ᾧ πολιτεύονται , ξένην δὲ τὸν περίγειον ἐν ᾧ παρῴκησαν νομίζουσαι . For the verb in a broken context, see PSI VI. 677 .2 ( iii/B.C.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
παροικέω fut. ήσω "to dwell beside", c. acc., π. τὴν Ἀσίαν "dwell along the coast of" Asia, Isocr. : c. dat. "to live near", Thuc. : "to dwell among", τισίν id=Thuc. ; of places, "to lie near", Xen. （πάροικος II) "to live in" a place, "sojourn", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παρ-οικέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for גּוּר, also for יָשַׁב, שָׁכַן ]
in cl., to dwell beside (with accusative), among (with dative) or near by (absol.). In late writers, to dwell in a place as a πάροικος (which see) or stranger: Luk.24:18, Heb.11:9.†
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