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is used in the A. V. only in the old sense of sojourner, for ðáñåðßäçìïò (Heb_11:13; 1Pe_2:11; “stranger,” 1Pe_1:1). Similarly in the O.T. “pilgrimage” occurs as a rendering of îָâåּø , maguir, which signifies a stay, or an abode in a foreign country, travels (en. 17:8). Metaphorically, it is applied to the sojourning on earth; thus the patriarch Jacob says to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years (Gen_47:9). The Psalmist likewise says, “Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage” (Psa_119:54).