Strong's #3940: paroikia (pronounced par-oy-kee'-ah)

from 3941; foreign residence:--sojourning, X as strangers.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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paroikia

1) a dwelling near or with one

2) a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land

3) metaphorically the life of a man here on earth is likened to a sojourning

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G3941

Citing in TDNT: 5:841, 788

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Acts 13:17: "the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and"
1 Peter 1:17: "pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:"