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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)
Dictionary Aids

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: Θεός ἐν ἡμῖν, the Epistle of Barnabas 16, 8 [ET]; 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; 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 πατήρ αὐτοῦ, ἐν γῆ Χανάαν; Philo de sacrif. Ab. et Cain. § 10 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 590 times in 532 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 9:27–Lev 26:5)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 -

“May God enlarge Japheth,

And may he live in the tents of Shem;

And may Canaan be [fn]his servant.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - And it came about, as they journeyed [fn]east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and [fn]settled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 -

Now Terah took his son Abram, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they departed [fn]together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran and [fn]settled there.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the [fn]oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:6 - And the land could not [fn]support both of them [fn]while living together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - Abram [fn]settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot [fn]settled in the cities of the [fn]vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the [fn]oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and there he built an altar to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:7 - Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and [fn]conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 -

Then [fn]a survivor came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he was residing by the [fn]oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and they were [fn]allies with Abram.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 -

“But he will be a wild donkey of a man;

His hand will be against everyone,

And everyone’s hand will be against him;

And he will live [fn]in defiance of all his brothers.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25 - and He overthrew those cities, and all the surrounding area, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 -

So it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the surrounding area, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the destruction, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 -

Now Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and stayed in the [fn]mountains, because he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; [fn]settle wherever [fn]you please.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 -

And God was with the boy, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - So Abraham returned to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived in Beersheba.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:62 -

Now Isaac had come back from [fn]a journey to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the [fn]Negev.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11 - It came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac [fn]lived by Beer-lahai-roi.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - They [fn]settled from Havilah to Shur which is [fn]east of Egypt [fn]going toward Assyria; he [fn]settled in defiance of all his relatives.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And the LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:6 -

So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:17 - So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and [fn]settled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:10 - “So you will live with us, and the land shall be [fn]open to you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - “Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you will be circumcised,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - “Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me repulsive among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and [fn]since my men are few in number, they will band together against me and [fn]attack me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 -

And it came about, while Israel was living in that land, that Reuben went and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.

Now there were twelve sons of Jacob

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20 -

These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:1 -

Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had lived as a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - “For you shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your [fn]grandchildren, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you shall say, ‘Your servants have been [fn]keepers of livestock since our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to reside in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh said to [fn]Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:27 -

Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in [fn]Goshen, and they acquired property in it and were fruitful and became very numerous.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:13 -

“Zebulun will reside at the seashore;

And he shall be [fn]a harbor for ships,

And his flank shall be toward Sidon.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at [fn]the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a [fn]grievous [fn]mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named [fn]Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:22 -

Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father’s household, and Joseph lived 110 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:40 -

Now the time [fn]that the sons of Israel had lived in Egypt was 430 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:14 -

“The peoples have heard, they tremble;

Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 -

“Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified;

The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them;

All the inhabitants of Canaan have despaired.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - ‘You shall not do [fn]what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do [fn]what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 -

‘You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to [fn]live will not vomit you out.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:42 - ‘You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:10 - ‘So you shall consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim [fn]a release throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, [fn]and each of you shall return to his own property, [fn]and each of you shall return to his family.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 -

‘You shall therefore [fn]follow My statutes and keep My judgments so as to carry them out, so that you may live securely on the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:19 - ‘Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - ‘Indeed, your threshing season will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. So you will eat your [fn]food to the full and live securely in your land.

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