- Original: πάροικος - 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 and G3624 - TDNT entry: 19:01,8 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G3844 and G3624 ; having a home near that is (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident): - foreigner sojourn stranger. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • foreigners, 1 Eph 2:19 • sojourn, 1 Act 7:6 • stranger, 1 Act 7:29 • strangers, 1 1 Peter 2:11