Bible Lexicons

The sense of ";a sojourner,"; or ";a stranger"; settled in a particular district only for a time, which is confined in the LXX to Genesis 23:4, Psa. 39꞉12 [MT Psalms 39:11], and in the NT to 1 Peter 1:1 (see Hort’s note), 1 Peter 2:11, Hebrews 11:13, can be well authenticated in our documents. Thus in a Will, P Petr III. 7.15 (B.C. 238–7), a bequest is made to a certain Apoilonius—παρεπίδημον ὃς καὶ Συριστὶ Ἰωνάθας [καλεῖται, and in P Tor II. 8.13 (B.C. 118) παρεπιδημοῦντες (peregrini) and κατοικοῦντες (incolae) are distinguished. Cf. also OGIS 383.150 (mid. i/B.C.) πλῆ ̣θος ἐπιχώριον καὶ παρεπίδημον, and Polyb. xxxii. 22. 4.

The corr. verb is common, e.g. P Petr II. 13(19).12 (mid. iii/B.C.) ὅπως τ [οῦτό ]ν γε τὸν χρόνον παρεπιδημῆις, ";in order that for this season at least you may sojourn with us"; (Ed.), BGU I. 113.12 (A.D. 143) βουλόμενος παρεπιδημεῖν πρὸς καιρόν, P Oxy III. 473.2 (A.D. 138–160) a decree in honour of a gymnasiarch by the magistrates and people of Oxyrhynchus together with the ";resident"; Roman and Alexandrian citizens—Ῥ ]ω ̣μαίων καὶ Ἀλεξανδρέων τοῖς παρεπιδημοῦσι, and Aristeas 110 προσέταξε μὴ πλέον εἴκοσιν ἡμερῶν παρεπιδημεῖν. With Hebrews 11:13 we may compare IosPE i. 22.37 τῶν παρεπιδημούντων ξένων. See further Hicks CR i. p. 6, Deissmann BS p. 149, Wilcken Papyruskunde I. i. pp. 40, 55, and Jouguet Vie municipale p. 92 ff.