Definition

an alien alongside, i.e. a resident foreigner

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and the base of G1927 (ἐπιδημέω);

Word family

• παρά pará
• ἐπιδημέω epidēméō

How the KJV renders it

• pilgrim
• stranger

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.