UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: alien, stranger, temporary resident

Semantic entry: 11.77

Semantic domains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

Subdomains: Socio-Political

Definition: (derivative of παροικέω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to live as a foreigner,’ 85.78: ἐπιδημέω / 85.78: παροικέω) a person who for a period of time lives in a place which is not his normal residence

Notes: In RV ACT 7:6 · LV ACT 7:6 · Read together ACT 7:6 the expression ‘as strangers in a foreign country’ may be rendered ‘as strangers living in a country which was not their own.’ Similarly, ‘who live as aliens’ may also be rendered as ‘who live in countries not their own’ or ‘who live with people to whose nation they do not belong.’