to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."
Original word: πάροικος
Transliteration: paroikos
Definition (short): aliens
Definition (full): dwelling near, foreign
Definition: dwelling near, foreign
NASB Translation: alien (1), aliens (3).
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para and
oikos ; having a home near, i.e. (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident) -- foreigner, sojourn, stranger.
see GREEK para
see GREEK oikos
KJV:
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
NASB:
"But God spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
KJV:
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
NASB:
"At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he became the father of two sons.
KJV:
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
NASB:
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,
KJV:
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
NASB:
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.