STRONGS G2730:
κατοικέω,
κατοικῶ; 1 aorist
κατῴκησα; (from
Sophocles and
Herodotus down); the
Sept. times uncounted for
יָשַׁב, more rarely for
שָׁכַן;
1. intransitive,
to dwell, settle;
a. properly: followed by
ἐν with the dative of place,
Luke 13:4 (
Tr WH omit
ἐν);
Acts 1:20;
Acts 5 (
T WH marginal reading
εἰς (see below));
Acts 7:2,
4,
48;
9:22;
11:29;
13:27;
17:24;
Hebrews 11:9;
Revelation 13:12; followed by
εἰς (a pregnant construction; see
εἰς, C. 2, p. 186a),
Matthew 2:23;
Matthew 4:13;
Acts 7:4;
ἐπί τῆς γῆς,
Revelation 3:10;
Revelation 6:10;
Revelation 8:13;
Revelation 11:10;
Revelation 13:8,
14;
Revelation 14:6 Rec.;
Revelation 17:8 (
Numbers 13:33;
Numbers 14:14;
Numbers 35:32,
34);
ἐπί πᾶν τό πρόσωπον (
παντός προσώπου L T Tr WH (cf.
ἐπί, C. I. 1 a.))
τῆς γῆς,
Acts 17:26;
ὅπου,
Revelation 2:13; so that
ἐκεῖ must be added mentally,
Acts 22:12; demons taking possession of the bodies of men are said
κατοικεῖν ἐκεῖ,
Matthew 12:45;
Luke 11:26.
b. metaphorically, divine powers, influences, etc., are said
κατοικεῖν ἐν τίνι (the dative of person), or
ἐν τῇ καρδία τίνος, to dwell in his soul, to pervade, prompt, govern it:
ὁ Θεός ἐν ἡμῖν, the Epistle of Barnabas 16, 8 [ET];
ὁ Χριστός,
Ephesians 3:17; the Holy Spirit,
James 4:5 R G (
Hermas, past., mand. 5, 2 [ET]; (sim. 5, 5 [ET] etc.; cf. Harnack's references on mand. 3, 1));
τό πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος in Christ,
Colossians 2:9, cf.
1:19;
ἡ σοφία ἐν σώματι, Wis. 1:4;
δικαιοσύνη is said to dwell where righteousness prevails, is practised,
2 Peter 3:13.
2. transitive,
to dwell in, inhabit: with the accusative of place,
Acts 1:19;
Acts 2:9,
14;
Acts 4:16;
Acts 9:32,
35;
Acts 19:10,
17;
Revelation 12:12 Rec.;
Revelation 17:2; God is said
to dwell in the temple, i. e. to be always present for worshippers:
Matthew 23:21. (Compare:
ἐγκατοικέω [
SYNONYMS: κατοικεῖν, in the
Sept. the ordinary rendering of
יָשַׁב to settle, dwell, differs from
παροικεῖν, the common representative of
גּוּר to sojourn, as the permanent differs from the transitory; e. g.
Genesis 37:1 κατῴκει δέ Ἰακώβ ἐν τῇ γῆ οὗ παρῴκησεν ὁ πατήρ αὐτοῦ,
ἐν γῆ Χανάαν;
Philo de sacrif. Ab. et Cain. § 10
ὁ γάρ τοῖς ἐγκυκλιοις μόνοις ἐπανεχων,
παροικεῖ σοφία,
οὐ κατοικεῖ. Cf.
Lightfoot on
Colossians 1:19 and on
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 1.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
-
37:1
- Numbers
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13:33; 14:14; 35:32; 35:34
- Matthew
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2:23; 4:13; 12:45; 23:21
- Luke
-
11:26; 13:4
- Acts
-
1:19; 1:20; 2:9; 2:14; 4:16; 5; 7:2; 7:4; 7:4; 7:48; 9:22; 9:32; 9:35; 11:29; 13:27; 17:24; 17:26; 19:10; 19:17; 22:12
- Ephesians
-
3:17
- Colossians
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1:19; 1:19; 2:9
- Hebrews
-
11:9
- James
-
4:5
- 2 Peter
-
3:13
- Revelation
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2:13; 3:10; 6:10; 8:13; 11:10; 12:12; 13:8; 13:12; 13:14; 14:6; 17:2; 17:8