What does παρεπίδημος (parepídēmos) mean in the Bible?
παρεπίδημος (parepídēmos): Temporary resident in foreign land, emphasizing transient status rather than permanent alienation or hostility.
Greek · G3927
παρεπίδημος
Stranger
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παρεπίδημος G3927
Pronunciation parepídēmos
What does παρεπίδημος (parepídēmos) mean in the Bible?
παρεπίδημος (parepídēmos): Temporary resident in foreign land, emphasizing transient status rather than permanent alienation or hostility.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3927?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include exiles (2), who are exiles (1).
Where does παρεπίδημος (parepídēmos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 11:13. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (2), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It exiles 2× Hebrews 11:13, 1 Peter 2:11
who are exiles 1× 1 Peter 1:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 11:13
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Hebrews 1 1 Peter 2
Source forms
παρεπίδημοί 1x parepidēmoi Hebrews 11:13
παρεπιδήμοις 1x parepidēmois 1 Peter 1:1
παρεπιδήμους 1x parepidēmous 1 Peter 2:11
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Peter 2:11
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Peter 1:1
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 11:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Temporary resident in foreign land, emphasizing transient status rather than permanent alienation or hostility.
Strong's G3927
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Hebrews 11:8-16 Source Gloss
stranger
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Temporary resident in foreign land, emphasizing transient status rather than permanent alienation or hostility.
(see: ἐπιδημέω), [in LXX: Gen.23:4, Psa.39:12 (תּוֹשָׁב)* ;] sojourning in a strange place; as subst., ὁ π., a sojourner: of Christians, 1Pe.1:1; ξένοι καὶ π., Heb.11:13; πάροικοι καὶ π., 1Pe.2:11 (see Deiss., BS, 149).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 11:13 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
παρεπίδημοί parepidhmoi
residing in a strange country, a stranger
Read verse 1 Peter 1:1 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
παρεπιδήμοις parepidhmoiv
residing in a strange country, a stranger
Read verse 1 Peter 2:11 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
παρεπιδήμους, parepidhmouv
residing in a strange country, a stranger
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Heb 11:13 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Pet 1:1 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 1 Pet 2:11 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
sojourners, exiles
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
παρεπίδημος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Defines pilgrim identity of believers. Hebrews 11:8-16
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain