Gloss: a refugee
Transliteration: metoikos
Strong’s: G8311
1. changing one's abode, emigrating and settling elsewhere , (Herdotus Historicus)
2. as Substantive μέτοικος, ἡ, an alien settled in a foreign city, a settler, emigrant, sojourner , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; μ. γῆς one who has settled in a country, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
3. at Athens, a resident alien , who paid a tax μετοίκιον); but enjoyed no civic rights, (Thucydides), etc. (ML)
2. as Substantive μέτοικος, ἡ, an alien settled in a foreign city, a settler, emigrant, sojourner , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; μ. γῆς one who has settled in a country, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
3. at Athens, a resident alien , who paid a tax μετοίκιον); but enjoyed no civic rights, (Thucydides), etc. (ML)