Pilgrim, Pilgrimage
Pilgrim, Pilgrimage
pilgrim, pilgrimaj: Pilgrim in English Versions of the Bible for , parepdemos (Heb 11:13; 1Pe 2:11). Pilgrimage for , maghor (Gen 47:9 (the Revised Version margin sojournings); Psa 119:54; and (the King James Version) Exo 6:4 (the Revised Version (British and American) sojournings)). Both the Hebrew and Greek words contain the idea of foreign residence, but it is the residence and not travel that is implied. Consequently pilgrim is a poor translation, and sojourner, sojourning should have been used throughout. In the New Testament passages heaven is thought of as the contrasted permanent dwelling-place, while the Old Testament usages seem to be without a contrast definitely in mind.