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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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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 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 came and lived in a city called Natzeret; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Natzri."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:13 - Leaving Natzeret, he came and lived in Kafar-Nachum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zevulun and Naftali,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:21 - He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:26 - Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:4 - Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Shiloach fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Yerushalayim?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:19 - It became known to everyone who lived in Yerushalayim that in their language that field was called 'Hakal-Dama,' that is, 'The field of blood.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:20 - For it is written in the book of Tehillim, 'Let his habitation be made desolate, Let no one dwell therein,' and, 'Let another take his office.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - Now there were dwelling in Yerushalayim Yehudim, devout men, from every nation under the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:9 - Parthians, Madai, Elamites, and people from Aram-Naharayim, Yehudah, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:14 - But Rock, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, "You men of Yehudah, and all you who dwell at Yerushalayim, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:16 - saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Yerushalayim, and we can't deny it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:2 - He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Avraham, when he was in Aram-Naharayim, before he lived in Haran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:4 - Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:48

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:48 - However, Ha`Elyon doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:22 - But Sha'ul increased more in strength, and confounded the Yehudim who lived at Dammesek, proving that this is the Messiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:32 - It happened, as Rock went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the holy ones who lived at Lud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:35 - All who lived at Lud and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:29 - As any of the talmidim had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Yehudah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:27 - For those who dwell in Yerushalayim, and their rulers, because they didn't know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Shabbat, fulfilled them by condemning him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:24 - The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and eretz, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:26 - He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the eretz, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:10 - This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Yeshua, both Yehudim and Yevanim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:17 - This became known to all, both Yehudim and Yevanim, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Yeshua was magnified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:12 - One Hananyah, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Yehudim who lived in Dammesek,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:17 - that Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:19 - For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:9 - For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:9 - By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Yitzchak and Ya`akov, the heirs with him 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 in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:13 - But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new eretz, in which dwells righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:13 - "I know your works and where you dwell, where Hasatan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Hasatan dwells.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10 - Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:10 - They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the eretz?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 - I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the eretz, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:10 - Those who dwell on the eretz rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:8 - All who dwell on the eretz will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

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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. He makes the eretz and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:14 - He deceives my own people who dwell on the eretz because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the eretz, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:2 - with whom the kings of the eretz committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the eretz were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:8 - The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the eretz and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.
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