Strong's Number 3941
Transliteration:
paroikos
{par'-oy-kos}
Word Origin:
TDNT:
5:841,788
Part of Speech:
adjective
Usage in the KJV:
stranger 2, sojourn 1, foreigner 1
Total: 4
Definition:
- dwelling near, neighbouring
- in the NT, a stranger, a foreigner, one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship
- metaph.
- without citizenship in God's kingdom
- one who lives on earth as a stranger, a sojourner on the earth
- of Christians whose home is in heaven