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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