παροικία, παροικίας, ἡ (παροικέω, which see), a Biblical and ecclesiastical word a dwelling near or with one; hence, a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land: properly, Act_13:17 (2Es_8:35; Psa_119:5 (); Wis_19:10; Prol. of Sir_21:1-28; cf. Fritzsche on Jdt_5:9). Metaphorically, the life of man here on earth, likened to a sojourning: 1Pe_1:17 (Gen_47:9); see παρεπίδημος (and references under παροικέω).

παροικία paroikia 2x a sojourning, temporary residence in a foreign land, Act_13:17 ; 1Pe_1:17

† παρ -οικία , -ας , ἡ ( < παροικέω , q.v. ), [in LXX : Ezr_8:35 ( H1473 ), Psa_34:4 ; Psa_55:15 ; Psa_119:54 ; Psa_120:5 , Lam_2:22 ( H4032 ; and cogn . forms), Hab_3:16 , 1Es_5:7 , Jdt_5:9 , Wis_19:10 , Sir prol . Sir_1:26 ; Sir_16:8 ; Sir_41:5 ; Sir_44:6 , 3Ma_6:36 ; 3Ma_7:19 * ;] a sojourning: Act_13:17 , 1Pe_1:17 .†

παροικία [page 495] a sojourn in the spiritual sense, as in 1Pe_1:17 , is found in the Christian IGSI 531 .7 τούτου τοῦ βίου τὴν παροικίαν . See further Hort I Pet . p. 154 ff. In Pss. Sol. 17:19 τίμιον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς παροικίας ψυχὴ σεσωσμένη ὀξ αὐτῶν we have perhaps the earliest instance of παροικία applied to a community temporarily sojourning in a strange land, which has the further interest of showing that this use of παροικία was Jewish, before it was adopted by the Christian Church (see Ryle and James ad l. ). In P Lips I. 64 .33 (A.D. 368 9) the true reading is ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως καὶ τῆς ἀγροικίας (not παροικίας ) : see Chrest. I. P. 333 .

παροικία παροικία, ἡ, [Etym: πάροικος II] "a sojourning" in a foreign land, NTest.

παρ-οικία, -ας, ἡ (παροικέω, which see), [in LXX: Est.8:35 (גּוֹלָה), Psa.34:4 55:15 119:54 120:5, La 2:22 (מָגוֹר; and cogn. forms), Hab.3:16, I Est.5:7, Jdth.5:9, Wis.19:10, Sir prol. Sir.1:26 16:8 41:5 44:6, 3Ma.6:36 3Mac 7:19 * ;] a sojourning: Act.13:17, 1Pe.1:17.† (AS)