οἰκέωoikéō
to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication, to cohabit
Greek (New Testament) · G3611
Meanings
(a) transitive, to inhabit: with accusative, 1 Timothy 6:16
(b) intransitive, to dwell: followed by μετά (of married life), 1 Corinthians 7:12, 1 Corinthians 7:13; metaphorically, followed by ἐν: ἀγαθόν, Romans 7:18; ἁμαρτία, Romans 7:20; πνεῦμα θεοῦ, Romans 8:9, Romans 8:11, 1 Corinthians 3:16 (cf. ἐν-, κατ-, ἒν-κατ-, παρ-, περι-, συν-οικέω).
Same root
- οἶκοςoîkos · G3624a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)
- οἰκητήριονoikētḗrion · G3613a residence (literally or figuratively)
- παροικέωparoikéō · G3939to dwell near, i.e. reside as a foreigner
- οἰκέτηςoikétēs · G3610a fellow resident, i.e. menial domestic
- οἴκημαoíkēma · G3612a tenement, i.e. (specially), a jail
- οἰκουμένηoikouménē · G3625land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire
- περιοικέωperioikéō · G4039to reside around, i.e. be a neighbor
- κατοικέωkatoikéō · G2730to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Romans 7:17 So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
- Romans 7:18 And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t.
- Romans 7:20 But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
- Romans 8:9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)
- Romans 8:11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.