Sojourn, Sojourner, Sojourning

denotes "to dwell beside, among or by" (para, "beside," oikeo, "to dwell"); then, "to dwell in a place as a paroikos, a stranger" (see below), Luke 24:18 , RV , "Dost thou (alone) sojourn ...?" [marg., "Dost thou sojourn (alone)" is preferable], AV, "art thou (only) a stranger?" (monos, "alone," is an adjective, not an adverb); in Hebrews 11:9 , RV, "he became a sojourner" (AV, "he sojourned"), the RV gives the force of the aorist tense.

is rendered "to sojourn" in Acts 17:21 , RV.

an adjective, akin to A, No. 1, lit., "dwelling near" (see above), then, "foreign, alien" (found with this meaning in inscriptions), hence, as a noun, "a sojourner," is used with eimi, "to be," in Acts 7:6 , "should sojourn," lit., "should be a sojourner;" in Acts 7:29 , RV, "sojourner" (AV, "stranger"); in Ephesians 2:19 , RV "sojourners" (AV, "foreigners"), the preceding word rendered "strangers" is xenos; in 1—Peter 2:11 , RV, ditto (AV, "strangers").

"gone abroad" (apo, "from," demos, "people"), signifies "sojourning in another country," Mark 13:34 , RV (AV, "taking a far journey").

"sojourning in a strange place," is used as a noun, denoting "a sojourner, an exile," 1—Peter 1:1 , RV, "sojourners" (AV, "strangers"). See PILGRIM.

"a sojourning" (akin to A and B, Nos. 1), occurs in Acts 13:17 , rendered "they sojourned," RV, AV, "dwelt as strangers," lit., "in the sojourning;" in 1—Peter 1:17 , "sojourning."