G3940

παροικία

paroikiaG:N-F

sojourning

παρ-οικία, -ας, ἡ (παροικέω, which see), [in LXX: Est.8:35 (גּוֹלָה), Psa.34:4 55:15 119:54 120:5, La 2:22 (מָגוֹר; and cogn. forms), Hab.3:16, I Est.5:7, Jdth.5:9, Wis.19:10, Sir prol. Sir.1:26 16:8 41:5 44:6, 3Ma.6:36 3Mac 7:19 * ;] a sojourning: Act.13:17, 1Pe.1:17.† (AS)

The KJV translates G3940 in the following manner:

sojourning (2x), strangers (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

παροικία — paroikía

παροικία, παροικίας, ἡ (παροικέω, which see), a Biblical and ecclesiastical word a dwelling near or with one; hence, a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land: properly, Act 13:17 (2Es 8:35; Psa 119:5; Wis 19:10; Prol. of Sir 21:1-28; cf. Fritzsche on Jdt 5:9). Metaphorically, the life of man here on earth, likened to a sojourning: 1Pe 1:17 (Gen 47:9); see παρεπίδημος (and references under παροικέω).

2 occurrences

Acts (1), I Peter (1)