Quick Definition
παροικέω v. I sojourn
Strong's Definition
from 3844 and 3611; to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner
KJV Usage: sojourn in, be a stranger
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | οἰκέω
85.71 · Existence in Space · Dwell, Reside
to dwell temporarily, to be a foreigner to live or dwell temporari ly in a place as a stranger
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρ-οικέω, -@; 1 aor. παρῴκησα ; 1. prop. to dwell beside (one) or in one’s neighborhood [παρά, IV. 1]; to live near; (Xen., Thuce., Isocr., al.). 2. in the Scriptures to be or dwell in a place as a stranger, to sojourn, (Sept. for 733, several times also for 3¥ and 1309} : foll. by ἐν w. ἃ dat. of place, Lk. xxiv. 18 R L (Gen. xx. 1; xxi. 34; xxvi. 8; Ex. xii. 40 cod. Alex.; Lev. xviii. 3 [Ald.], ete.); w. an ace. of place, ibid. GT Tr WH (Gen. xvii. 8; Ex. vi. 4); εἰς w. ace. of place (in pregn. constr.; see εἰς, C. 2), Heb. xi. 9. (Metaph. and absol. to dwell on the earth, Philo de cherub. § 34 [cf. Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 1, 1 and Lehtft. and Harnack ad loc. ; Holtzmann, Einl. ins N. T. p. 484sq. Syn. see xaroixéw.]-)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παροικέω paroikeō 2x
to dwell beside; later, to reside in a place as a stranger, sojourn, be a stranger or sojourner, Lk. 24:18; Heb. 11:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρ-οικέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for גּוּר, also for ישׁב, שׁכן;]
in cl., to dwell beside (c. acc.), among (c. dat.) or near by (absol.).
In late writers, to dwell in a place as a πάροικος (q.v.) or stranger: Lk 24:18, He 11:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παροικέω, lit. ‘dwell beside,’ comes to be used in late Greek in the sense of ‘‘ dwell transitorily,’’ as compared with ‘‘dwell permanently” (κατοικέω): see the reff. in Lightfoot Co/.# p- 159. The word is thus very suitable to describe the pilgrim nature of the Christian Church in relation to the locality in which it is situated: cf. Clem. R. ad Cor. inscr. ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ παροικοῦσα Ῥώμην τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ παροικούσῃ Κόρινθον (with Lightfoot’s note), Polycarp ad Phil. inscr. τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ παροικούσῃ Φιλίππους. See also Philo de conf. linguarum 78 (ed. Wendland) πατρίδα μὲν τὸν οὐράνιον χῶρον ἐν ᾧ πολιτεύονται, ξένην δὲ τὸν περίγειον ἐν ᾧ παρῴκησαν νομίζουσαι. For the verb in a broken context, see PSI VI. 677? (iii/B.c.). , παροικία, “a sojourn’’ in the spiritual sense, as in 1 Pet 177, is found in the Christian 7GS7 5317 τούτου τοῦ βίον τὴν day. παροικίαν. See further Hort 7 Pet. p. 154 ff.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παροικέω (paroikeō) — be a stranger. παροικ-έω, dwell beside, with accusative, ἀπὸ Κνίδου μέχρι Σινώπης τὴν Ἀσίαν π. dwell along the coasts of Asia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative, live near, πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dwell among, τισι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of places, lie near, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. live in a place as πάροικος, οἱ παροικοῦντες ξένοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὡς ἐπὶ ξένης [Refs 1st c.AD+]; sojourn in, Ἱερουσαλήμ [NT]
III. metaphorically, τὸν ἀνθ ρώπινον βίον παρῳκηκότες [Refs 1st c.BC+]