3941 - paroikos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: πάροικος
Transliteration: paroikos
Definition (short): aliens
Definition (full): dwelling near, foreign

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from para and oikos
Definition: dwelling near, foreign
NASB Translation: alien (1), aliens (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From para and oikos; having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident) -- foreigner, sojourn, stranger.

see GREEK para

see GREEK oikos

KJV: And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
NASB: "But God spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
KJV: Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
NASB: "At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he became the father of two sons.
KJV: Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
NASB: So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,
KJV: Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
NASB: Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.