παροικ-ία G3940
sojourning, temporary residence; the state of dwelling as foreigner or exile
This noun denotes the state or period of sojourning in a foreign land—residence as a stranger or exile without full citizenship. The concept is central to biblical theology of pilgrimage. Acts 13:17 describes God's people during 'the sojourn' in Egypt. First Peter 1:17 speaks of the 'time of your sojourning' or exile—addressing believers as aliens and strangers on earth. The word captures the condition of living somewhere temporarily, without full rights or permanent status, awaiting return to true homeland.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Acts 13:17 uses the genitive ('of the sojourn') for Israel's residence in Egypt as foreigners, while 1 Peter 1:17 uses the genitive ('of your sojourning') for believers' earthly pilgrimage. The translations emphasize temporary foreign residence: English 'sojourn, sojourning,' Spanish 'estancia, peregrinación,' French 'séjour-à-l'étranger,' German 'Fremdlingschaft.' Both contexts frame God's people as those dwelling temporarily in foreign territory—whether literal Egypt or metaphorical earthly exile—living in hope of promised inheritance and homeland. 2×
AR["غُربَةِ", "غُربَتِكُم"]·ben["প্রবাসকালে", "প্রবাসে"]·DE["Fremdlingschaft", "παροικίᾳ"]·EN["sojourn", "sojourning"]·FR["séjour-à-l'étranger", "παροικίας"]·heb["גֵּרוּת"]·HI["परदेस"]·ID["perjalanan", "tinggal-sebagai-orang-asing"]·IT["paroikias", "soggiorno"]·jav["ngumbara", "pangungsian"]·KO["나그네-삶의", "체류-중에"]·PT["peregrinação"]·RU["пребывании", "странствования"]·ES["estancia", "peregrinación"]·SW["ugenini", "ukaa-ugeni"]·TR["gurbetinizin", "yabancılıkta"]·urd["پردیس", "پردیسی-زندگی"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
παροικ-ία, ἡ, (πάροικος Refs sojourning in a foreign land, LXX+NT; οἱ ἐν τῇ π., ={οἱ ἐκτός}, Refs