- Original: παροικία - Transliteration: Paroikia - Phonetic: par-oy-kee'-ah - Definition: 1. a dwelling near or with one 2. a sojourning, dwelling in a strange land 3. metaph. the life of a man here on earth is likened to a sojourning - Origin: from G3941 - TDNT entry: 19:01,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G3941 ; foreign residence: - sojourning X as strangers. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • sojourning, 1 1 Peter 1:17 • strangers, 1 Act 13:17