- Transliteration: Paroikos

- Phonetic: par'-oy-kos

- Definition:

1. dwelling near, neighbouring

2. in the NT, a stranger, a foreigner, one who lives in a place without the right of citizenship

3. metaph.

a. without citizenship in God's kingdom

b. one who lives on earth as a stranger, a sojourner on the earth

c. of Christians whose home is in heaven

- Origin: from G3844" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3844 and G3624" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3624

- TDNT entry: 19:01,8

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: From G3844" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3844 and G3624" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3624; having a home near that is (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident): - foreigner sojourn stranger.