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Strong's G3939 παροικέω (paroikeo)

Paroikeo means “sojourn in” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3939 — laanah (“wormwood”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3939
Language Greek
Linked Usages 61
Books 23

Strong's G3939 Quick Answer

Strong's G3939 παροικέω (paroikeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. paroikeo (par-oy-keh'-o) v. 1. to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner [from G3844 and G3611] It has 61 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include stranger and dwelling. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
paroikeo (par-oy-keh'-o) v. 1. to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner [from G3844 and G3611]
Usage
61 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
stranger and dwelling

Meaning and Definition

paroikeo (par-oy-keh'-o) v. 1. to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner [from G3844 and G3611] KJV: sojourn in, be a stranger Root(s): G3844, G3611

Original Word
παροικέω
Transliteration
paroikeo
Derivation
Root: οἰκέω R1: 3844 R2: 3611
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3939. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

be a stranger

Usage: παρ-οικέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for גּוּר, also for יָשַׁב, שָׁכַן ] in cl., to dwell beside (with accusative), among (with dative) or near by (absol.). In late writers, to dwell in a place as a πάροικος (which see) or stranger: Luk.24:18, Heb.11:9.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3939 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render paroikeo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

dwelling Hebrews 11:9 stranger Luke 24:18

How Strong's G3939 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 50 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3939 (παροικέω) appears 62 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3939 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3939 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 24:18 KJV

And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?

Hebrews 11:9 KJV

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Strong's G3939 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

50 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 12:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.

Genesis 17:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.

Genesis 19:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And they said to him, Stand back there, thou camest in to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm thee more than them. And they pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they drew nigh to break the door.

Strong's G3939 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 5:7 Septuagint / Brenton

and they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.

Judith 5:8 Septuagint / Brenton

For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshiped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.

Judith 5:10 Septuagint / Brenton

But when a famine covered all the land of Canaan, they went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, while they were nourished, and became there a great multitude, so that one could not number their nation.

Usage Excerpts

First 61 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3939.

Genesis 12:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
Genesis 17:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.
Genesis 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to him, Stand back there, thou camest in to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm thee more than them. And they pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they drew nigh to break the door.
Genesis 20:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham removed thence to the southern country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 21:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore swear to me by God that thou wilt not injure me, nor my seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have performed with thee thou shalt deal with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.
Genesis 21:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
Genesis 24:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my master caused me to swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I sojourn in their land.
Genesis 26:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee, and bless thee, for I will give to thee and to thy seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to thy father Abraham.
Genesis 32:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
Genesis 35:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to a city of the plain; this is Hebron in the land of Canaan, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
Genesis 37:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 47:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to Pharaoh, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Canaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, heard of it.
Genesis 47:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.
Exodus 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of the Canaanites, the land wherein they sojourned, in which also they dwelt as strangers.
Exodus 20:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.
Numbers 20:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.
Deuteronomy 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do in it no work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and the stranger that sojourns in the midst of thee; that thy manservant may rest, and thy maid, and thine ox, as well as thou.
Deuteronomy 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a Levite come from one of the cities of all the children of Israel, where he himself dwells, accordingly as his mind desires, to the place which he shall have chosen,
Deuteronomy 26:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he shall answer and say before the Lord thy God, My father abandoned Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small number, and became there a mighty nation and a great multitude.
Judges 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gilead is on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents; And why does Dan remain in ships? Asher sat down on the seacoasts, And he will tabernacle at his ports.
Judges 17:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a young man in Bethlehem of the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
Judges 17:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man departed from Bethlehem the city of Judah to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as Mount Ephraim, and to the house of Micah to accomplish his journey.
Judges 17:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.
Judges 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
Judges 19:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a Levite sojourning in the sides of Mount Ephraim, and he took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem Judah.
Judges 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold, an old man came out of the field from his work in the evening; and the man was of Mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah, and the men of the place were sons of Benjamin.
Ruth 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a man went from Bethlehem Judah to sojourn in the land of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 Kingdoms 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Beerothites ran away to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
4 Kingdoms 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy house, and sojourn wherever thou mayest sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land; indeed it is come upon the land for seven years.
4 Kingdoms 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman arose, and did according to the word of Elisha, both she and her house; and they sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
1 Chronicles 16:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When they were few in number, When they were but little, and dwelt as strangers in it;
1 Chronicles 29:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days upon the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.
2 Chronicles 15:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he assembled Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers that dwelt with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasseh, and of Simeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
Ezra 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
Psalms 30:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: When they were gathered together against me, They took counsel to take my life.
Psalms 55:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They will dwell near and hide themselves; They will watch my steps, Accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.
Psalms 60:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will dwell in thy tabernacle forever; I will shelter myself under the shadow of thy wings. Pause.
Psalms 93:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If the Lord had not helped me, My soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
Psalms 104:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Israel also came into Egypt, And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Psalms 119:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My soul has long been a sojourner;
Proverbs 3:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Living near thee and trusting in thee.
Isaiah 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fugitives of Moab shall sojourn with thee; they shall be to you a shelter from the face of the pursuer: for thine alliance has been taken away, and the oppressing ruler has perished from off the earth.
Isaiah 52:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.
Jeremiah 6:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go not forth into the field, and walk not in the ways; for the sword of the enemy lingers round about.
Jeremiah 27:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities bordering upon them, saith the Lord: no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn there.
Jeremiah 51:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and there shall not one be preserved of the remnant of Judah that sojourn in the land of Egypt, to return to the land of Judah, to which they hope in their hearts to return: they shall not return, but only they that escape.
Lamentations 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Depart ye from the unclean ones: Call ye them: depart, depart, touch them not: For they are on fire, yea, they stagger: Say ye among the nations, They shall no more sojourn there.
Ezekiel 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cry out and howl, son of man: for this sword is come upon my people, this sword is come upon all the princes of Israel: they shall be as strangers: judgment with the sword is come upon my people: therefore clap thy hands, for sentence has been passed:
Ezekiel 47:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall cast the lot upon it, for yourselves and the strangers that sojourn in the midst of you, who have begotten children in the midst of you: and they shall be to you as natives among the children of Israel; they shall eat with you in their inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
Hosea 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of Aven; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.
Luke 24:18 New Testament, KJV
And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Hebrews 11:9 New Testament, KJV
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Judith 5:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.
Judith 5:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshiped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.
Judith 5:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when a famine covered all the land of Canaan, they went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, while they were nourished, and became there a great multitude, so that one could not number their nation.
2 Maccabees 12:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when he heard that the Jamnites were minded to do in like manner unto the Jews that dwelt among them,
Wisdom of Sirach 29:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: For where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.
Wisdom of Sirach 29:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Come, thou stranger, and furnish a table, And feed me of that thou hast ready.
Wisdom of Sirach 29:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Give place, thou stranger, to an honorable man; My brother cometh to be lodged, and I have need of my house.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Without these cannot a city be inhabited: And they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down:
Wisdom of Sirach 41:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And of theft in regard of the place where thou sojournest, And in regard of the truth of God and his covenant; And to lean with thine elbow upon the meat; And of scorning to give and take;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3939, grouped by book.

Genesis 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3939 FAQ

What does paroikeo (παροικέω) mean?

Paroikeo (Strong's G3939) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sojourn in". paroikeo (par-oy-keh'-o) v. 1. to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner [from G3844 and G3611]

How many times is paroikeo (παροικέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 61 linked usages for Strong's G3939 across 23 books.

Where can I study paroikeo (παροικέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3939 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate paroikeo (παροικέω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as stranger and dwelling. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3939 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 50 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3939, with linked reader references where each row is available.