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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πάροικος G3941
Pronunciation pároikos
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 It foreigners 3× Acts 7:6, Ephesians 2:19, 1 Peter 2:11
a foreigner 1× Acts 7:29
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 7:6 πάροικον to foreigners Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Acts 7:29 πάροικος to a foreigner Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Ephesians 2:19 πάροικοι to foreigners Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1 Peter 2:11 παροίκους to foreigners Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 7:6
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Acts 2 Ephesians 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
πάροικοι 1x paroikoi Ephesians 2:19
πάροικον 1x paroikon Acts 7:6
πάροικος 1x paroikos Acts 7:29
παροίκους 1x paroikous 1 Peter 2:11
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Peter 2:11
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Ephesians 2:19
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 7:29
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 7:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A resident alien with legal status distinct from full citizen; sojourner, not temporary visitor.
Strong's G3941
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Peter 2:11-17 Source Gloss
foreigner
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 7:6 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
πάροικον paroikon
a stranger, foreigner
Read verse Acts 7:29 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
πάροικος paroikov
a stranger, foreigner
Read verse Ephesians 2:19 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πάροικοι, paroikoi
a stranger, foreigner
Read verse 1 Peter 2:11 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
παροίκους paroikouv
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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 7:6 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 7:29 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Eph 2:19 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 1 Pet 2:11 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
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
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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