STRONGS G3940:
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,
Acts 13:17 (2 Esdr. 8:35;
Psalm 119:5 (
Psalms 120:5); Wis. 19:10; Prol. of Sir. 21; cf. Fritzsche on Judith 5:9). Metaphorically, the life of man here on earth, likened to a sojourning:
1 Peter 1:17 (
Genesis 47:9); see
παρεπίδημος (and references under
παροικέω).
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