Strong's Greek · G3940
G3940 paroikía
παροικία
par-oy-kee'-ah
sojourning
Looking for Hebrew H3940 lappîyd? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G3940. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
paroikía appears twice in Scripture, in Acts 13:17 and 1 Peter 1:17. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
foreign residence
In the King James Version
sojourning, X as strangers
Derivation
from G3941 (πάροικος);
Appears 2 times in Scripture
“Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.”
“The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
