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Lexicon :: Strong's G2730 - katoikeō

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κατοικέω
Transliteration
katoikeō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-oy-keh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
45x in 14 unique form(s) TR
47x in 13 unique form(s) LXX
585x in 63 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:153,674

Strong’s Definitions

†κατοικέω katoikéō, kat-oy-keh'-o; from G2596 and G3611; to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively):—dwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's G2730 in the following manner: dwell (42x), dweller (2x), inhabitor (2x), inhabitant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's G2730 in the following manner: dwell (42x), dweller (2x), inhabitor (2x), inhabitant (1x).

  1. to dwell, settle

    1. metaph. divine powers, influences, etc., are said to dwell in his soul, to pervade, prompt, govern it

  2. to dwell in, inhabit

    1. God is said to dwell in the temple, i.e. to be always present for worshippers

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†κατοικέω katoikéō, kat-oy-keh'-o; from G2596 and G3611; to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively):—dwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter).
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
13:33; 14:14; 35:32; 35:34
Matthew
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
1:19; 1:19; 2:9
Hebrews
11:9
James
4:5
2 Peter
3:13
Revelation
2:13; 3:10; 6:10; 8:13; 11:10; 12:12; 13:8; 13:12; 13:14; 14:6; 17:2; 17:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2730 matches the Greek κατοικέω (katoikeō),
which occurs 585 times in 529 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 9:27–Lev 26:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 - May God extend Japheth’s[fn] territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - As people moved eastward,[fn] they found a plain in Shinar[fn] and settled there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:6 - But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:7 - Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre the Amorite, a brother[fn] of Eshkol and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward[fn] all his brothers.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25 - Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 - So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abimelek said, “My land is before you; live wherever you like.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62 - Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11 - After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward[fn] all the tribes related to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:6 - So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:17 - So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:10 - You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade[fn] in it, and acquire property in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20 - These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:1 - Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you should answer, ‘Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 - Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:13 - “Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - When the Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:22 - Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:40 - Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt[fn] was 430 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:14 - The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 - The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people[fn] of Canaan will melt away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 - “ ‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:42 - Live in temporary shelters for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:10 - Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - “ ‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:19 - Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.

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