Quick Definition
παροικία, ας, ἡ n.f. a sojourning
Strong's Definition
foreign residence
Derivation: from G3941 (πάροικος);
KJV Usage: sojourning, X as strangers
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρ-οικία, -as, 7), (παροικέω, 4. v-), a bibl. and 600]. word, a dwelling near or with one; hence a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land: prop. Acts xiii. 17 (2 Esdr. viii. 35; Ps. exix. (exx.)5; Sap. xix. 10; Prol. of Sir. 21; ef. Fritzsche on Judith y. 9). Metaph. the life of man here on earth, likened to a sojourning: 1 Pet. i. 17 (Gen. xlvii. 9); see παρεπίδημος [and reff. under παροικέω |.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παροικία paroikia 2x
a sojourning, temporary residence in a foreign land, Acts 13:17; 1 Pet. 1:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† παρ-οικία, -ας, ἡ
(< παροικέω, q.v.), [in LXX: II Es 8:35 (גּוֹלָה), Ps 33 (34):4 54 (55):15 118 (119):54 119 (120):5, La 2:22 (מגוֹר; and cogn. forms), Hb 3:16, I Es 5:7, Jth 5:9, Wi 19:10, Si prol. 26 16:8 41:5 44:6, III Mac 6:36 7:19*;]
a sojourning: Ac 13:17, I Pe 1:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παροικία (paroikia) — sojourning. παροικ-ία, ἡ, (πάροικος [Refs] sojourning in a foreign land, [LXX+NT]; οἱ ἐν τῇ π., ={οἱ ἐκτός}, [Refs]