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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 590 times in 532 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 9:27–Lev 26:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 - May God enlarge Japheth's territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:6 - But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:12 - Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:7 - Then they attacked En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - They also took Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner. (All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:25 - So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 - So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham's request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and settled in the mountains because he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - Then Abimelech said, "Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please."

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:17 - So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:10 - You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land - among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:1

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me - you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - Tell him, 'Your servants have taken care of cattle from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,' so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting to the Egyptians."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - Then they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants' flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen."

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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 - Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:13

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a very sad occasion for the Egyptians." That is why its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:22 - Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father's family. Joseph lived 110 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:40 - Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 - Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 - "'You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations, so that the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence there does not vomit you out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:42 - You must live in temporary shelters for seven days; every native citizen in Israel must live in temporary shelters,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:10 - So you must consecrate the fiftieth year, and you must proclaim a release in the land for all its inhabitants. That year will be your jubilee; each one of you must return to his property and each one of you must return to his clan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them so that you may live securely in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:19 - "'The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, and you may live securely in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes, and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied, and you will live securely in your land.

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