Definition

having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident)

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and G3624 (οἶκος);

Word family

• παρά pará
• οἶκος oîkos

How the KJV renders it

• foreigner
• sojourn
• 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.