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Strong's G2730 · Greek

κατοικέω κατοικίζω

katoikeo · kat-oy-keh'-o

from 2596 and 3611; to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κατ-οικέω (G2730)

44 κατ-οικέω , -ῶ , [in LXX very freq. and nearly always for ישׁב ;] trans., to inhabit , dwell in : c. acc., Lk 13:4 , Ac 1:19 2:9 , 14 4:16 9:32 , 35 19:10 , 17 , Re 17:2 ; of God, Mt 23:21 . Intrans., to settle , dwell : Ac 22:12 ; seq. ἐν (cl.), Ac 1:20 (LXX) 2:5 7:2 , 4 , 48 9:22 11:29 13:27 17:24 , He 11:9 , Re 13:12 ; seq. εἰς (Bl., § 39, 3; M, Pr. , 62 f., 234 f.), Mt 2:23 4:13 , Ac 7:4 ; ἐπὶ τ. γῆς ( Nu 13:33 , al.), Re 3:10 6:10 8:13 11:10 13:8 , 14 17:8 ; ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τ. γ. , Ac 17:26 ; ὅπου , Re 2:13 ; ἐκεῖ (of demons), Mt 12:45 , Lk 11:26 . Metaph., of divine indwelling: ὁ Χριστός , Eph 3:17 ; τ. πνεῦμα , Ja 4:5 ( κατῴκισεν , T, WH, R, txt.); τ. πλήωρμα ( τ. θεότητος ), Col 1:19 2:9 ; δικαιοσύνη (cf. Wi 1:4 ), II Pe 3:13 (cf. ἐν-κατοικέω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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