κατοικέωkatoikéō
to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G2730
Meanings
1. transitive, to inhabit, dwell in: with accusative, Luke 13:4, Acts 1:19, Acts 2:9, Acts 2:14, Acts 4:16, Acts 9:32, Acts 9:35, Acts 19:10, Acts 19:17, Revelation 17:2; of God, Matthew 23:21.
2. Intrans., to settle, dwell: Acts 22:12; followed by ἐν (classical Greek), Acts 1:20(LXX) Acts 2:5, Acts 7:2, Acts 7:4, Acts 7:48, Acts 9:22, Acts 11:29, Acts 13:27, Acts 17:24, Hebrews 11:9, Revelation 13:12; followed by εἰς, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 4:13, Acts 7:4; ἐπὶ τ. γῆς (Numbers 13:33, and elsewhere), Revelation 3:10, Revelation 6:10, Revelation 8:13, Revelation 11:10, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 13:14, Revelation 17:8; ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τ. γ., Acts 17:26; ὅπου, Revelation 2:13; ἐκεῖ (of demons), Matthew 12:45, Luke 11:26. Metaph., of divine indwelling: ὁ Χριστός, Ephesians 3:17; τ. πνεῦμα, James 4:5; τ. πλήωρμα (τ. θεότητος), Colossians 1:19, Colossians 2:9; δικαιοσύνη (cf. Wisdom 1:4), 2 Peter 3:13 (cf. ἐν-κατοικέω).
Same root
- κατάkatá · G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
- οἰκέωoikéō · G3611to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication, to cohabit
- κατοίκησιςkatoíkēsis · G2731residence (properly, the act; but by implication, concretely, the mansion)
- ἐγκατοικέωenkatoikéō · G1460to settle down in a place, i.e. reside
- κατοικητήριονkatoikētḗrion · G2732a dwelling-place
Where it appears
Appears 44 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:23 So the family went and lived in a town called Nazareth. This fulfilled what the prophets had said: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
- Matthew 4:13 He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
- Matthew 12:45 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”
- Matthew 23:21 And when you swear ‘by the Temple,’ you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.
- Luke 11:26 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before.”
- Luke 13:4 And what about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem?
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.