What does πάροικος (pároikos) mean in the Bible?
πάροικος (pároikos): A resident alien with legal status distinct from full citizen; sojourner, not temporary visitor.
Greek · G3941
πάροικος
Foreigner
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πάροικοςG3941
Pronunciationpároikos
What does πάροικος (pároikos) mean in the Bible?
πάροικος (pároikos): A resident alien with legal status distinct from full citizen; sojourner, not temporary visitor.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3941?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include foreigners (3), a foreigner (1).
Where does πάροικος (pároikos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 7:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 1 Peter (1), Ephesians (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 Itforeigners3×Acts 7:6, Ephesians 2:19, 1 Peter 2:11
a foreigner1×Acts 7:29
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 7:6
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Acts2Ephesians11 Peter1
Source forms
πάροικοι1xparoikoiEphesians 2:19
πάροικον1xparoikonActs 7:6
πάροικος1xparoikosActs 7:29
παροίκους1xparoikous1 Peter 2:11
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1x1 Peter 2:11
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xEphesians 2:19
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xActs 7:29
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular1xActs 7:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A resident alien with legal status distinct from full citizen; sojourner, not temporary visitor.
Strong'sG3941
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms4 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study link1 Peter 2:11-17Source Gloss
foreigner
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 7:6Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
πάροικονparoikon
a stranger, foreigner
Read verseActs 7:29Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
πάροικοςparoikov
a stranger, foreigner
Read verseEphesians 2:19Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πάροικοι,paroikoi
a stranger, foreigner
Read verse1 Peter 2:11Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
παροίκουςparoikouv
a stranger, foreigner
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 4 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 patterns4Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (3)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterActs 7:61×
Nominative · Singular · MasculineActs 7:291×
Nominative · Plural · MasculineEph 2:191×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine1 Pet 2:111×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
resident foreigners
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πάροικος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Frames Christian identity as belonging to God while living temporarily within earthly systems.1 Peter 2:11-17
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