Lexicon
ἐπιδημέω
epidēmeō
G1927
G:V Greek

to sojourn

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epidemeo describes people present as temporary residents or visitors in a place.

The attested use describes people residing or present away from their home setting: foreigners at Athens and visitors from Rome.

Senses in use

  1. Residing as foreigners or visitors · dominant

    Both occurrences use the present active nominative plural participle for people identified by their presence in a place. In Acts 17:21 the APB renders the group as “foreigners sojourning there,” while Acts 2:10 lists “visitors from Rome.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the participle as “foreigners sojourning there” in Acts 17:21 and within “visitors from Rome” in Acts 2:10. These renderings confirm the verses’ setting without isolating every nuance of the term.

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