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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
590x in 63 unique form(s)
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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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 45 times in 41 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:23 - and went and settled in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a [fn]Nazarene.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:13 - And leaving Nazareth, He went and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - “Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there. And the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. So will it also be with this wicked generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:21 - “And whoever swears [an oath] by the sanctuary of the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells within it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:26 - “Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in [the person] and live there; and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - “Or do you assume that [fn]those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed were worse sinners than all the others who live in Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:19 - All the people in Jerusalem learned about this, so in their own dialect—Aramaic—they called the piece of land Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 - “For in the book of Psalms it is written,

‘LET HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE BECOME DESOLATE,

AND LET THERE BE NO ONE TO LIVE IN IT’;

and [again],

‘LET ANOTHER TAKE HIS POSITION AS OVERSEER.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 -

Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout and God-fearing men from every nation under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:9 - “[Among us there are] Parthians, Medes and Elamites, and people of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and [fn]Asia [Minor],

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:14 -

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be explained to you; listen closely and pay attention to what I have to say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:16 - saying, “What are we to do with these men? For the fact that an extraordinary miracle has taken place through them is public knowledge and clearly evident to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 -

And he answered, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory [the Shekinah, the radiance of God] appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:4 - “Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God sent him to this country in which you now live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:48

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:48 - “However, the Most High [the One infinitely exalted above humanity] does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet [Isaiah] says,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:22 - But Saul increased in strength more and more, and continued to perplex the Jews who lived in Damascus by examining [theological evidence] and proving [with Scripture] that this Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:32 -

Now as Peter was traveling throughout the land, he went down to [visit] the [fn]saints (God’s people) who lived at Lydda.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:35 - Then all who lived at Lydda and the plain of Sharon saw [what had happened to] him, and they turned to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:29 - So the disciples decided to send a contribution, each according to his individual ability, to the believers who lived in Judea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:27 - “For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, who failed to recognize or understand both Jesus and the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled these [very prophecies] by condemning Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:24 - “The God who created the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - “And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands and territories.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:10 - This continued for two years, so that all the inhabitants of [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], Jews as well as Greeks, heard the word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ].

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:17 - This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified and exalted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:12 -

“And one Ananias, a devout man according to [fn]the standard of the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:17 - so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:19 - For it pleased the Father for all the fullness [of deity—the sum total of His essence, all His perfection, powers, and attributes] to dwell [permanently] in Him (the Son),

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:9 - For in Him all the fullness of Deity (the Godhead) dwells in bodily form [completely expressing the divine essence of God].

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:9 - By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in a strange land, living in tents [as nomads] with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:5 - Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose [fn]that the [human] [fn]spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:13 - But in accordance with His promise we expectantly await new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

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‘I know where you dwell, [a place] where Satan sits enthroned. Yet you are holding fast to My name, and you did not deny [fn]My faith even in the days of [fn]Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed (martyred) among you, where Satan dwells.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10 - ‘Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere], I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:10 - They cried in a loud voice, saying, “O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?”

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Then I looked, and I heard a solitary eagle flying in [fn]midheaven [for all to see], saying with a loud voice, “[fn]Woe, woe, woe [great wrath is coming] to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpets which the three angels are about to sound [announcing ever greater judgments]!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:10 - And those [non-believers] who live on the earth will gloat over them and rejoice; and they will send gifts [in celebration] to one another, because these two prophets tormented and troubled those who live on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - All the inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who has been slain [as a willing sacrifice].

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:12 - He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence [when the two are together]. And he makes the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14 - And he deceives those [unconverted ones] who inhabit the earth [into believing him] because of the signs which he is given [by Satan] to perform in the presence of the [first] beast, telling those who inhabit the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded [fatally] by the sword and has come back to life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:2 - she with whom the kings of the earth have [fn]committed acts of immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth have become intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

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“The beast that you saw was [once], but [now] is not, and he is about to come up out of the abyss (the bottomless pit, the dwelling place of demons) and go to destruction (perdition). And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished when they see the beast, because he was and is not and is yet to come [to earth].

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