ἐνδημέω

ἐνδημέω — endēméō

ἐνδημέω, ἐνδήμω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐνδημῆσαι; (ἔνδημος one who is among his own people or in his own land, one who does not travel abroad; opposed to ἔκδημος), properly, to be among one's own people, dwell in one's own country, stay at home (opposed to ἐκδημέω, ἀποδημέω; see those words); equivalent to to have a fixed abode, be at home, ἐν τῷ σώματι, of life on earth, 2Co 5:6; 2Co 5:9; πρός τόν κύριον, of life in heaven, 2Co 5:8. (Rare in the classics, as Lysias, p. 114, 36.)