κατοικέω

κατοικέω — katoikéō

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, Luk 13:4 (Tr WH omit ἐν); Act 1:20; Act 5:1-42 (T WH marginal reading εἰς (see below));; Heb 11:9; Rev 13:12; followed by εἰς (a pregnant construction; see εἰς, C. 2, p. 186a), Mat 2:23; Mat 4:13; Act 7:4; ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Rev 3:10; Rev 6:10; Rev 8:13; Rev 11:10; Rev 13:8; Rev 13:14; Rev 14:6 Rec.; (Num 13:33; Num 14:14; Num 35:32; Num 35:34); ἐπί πᾶν τό πρόσωπον (παντός προσώπου L T Tr WH (cf. ἐπί, C. I. 1 a.)) τῆς γῆς, Act 17:26; ὅπου, Rev 2:13; so that ἐκεῖ must be added mentally, Act 22:12; demons taking possession of the bodies of men are said κατοικεῖν ἐκεῖ, Mat 12:45; Luk 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, Eph 3:17; the Holy Spirit, Jas 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, Col 2:9; cf. Col 1:19; ἡ σοφία ἐν σώματι, Wis 1:4; δικαιοσύνη is said to dwell where righteousness prevails, is practised, 2Pe 3:13.

2. transitive, to dwell in, inhabit: with the accusative of place, Act 1:19; Act 2:9; Act 2:14; Act 4:16; Act 9:32; Act 9:35; Act 19:10; Act 19:17; Rev 12:12 Rec.;; God is said to dwell in the temple, i. e. to be always present for worshippers: Mat 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. Gen 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 Col 1:19 and on Clement of Rome, 1Co 1:1-31.]

STRONGS NT 2730: κατοικίζωκατοικίζω; 1 aorist κατῴκισα; from Herodotus down; the Sept. for הושִׁיב; to cause to dwell, to send or bring into an abode; to give a dwelling to: metaphorically, τό πνεῦμα, ὁ κατῴκισεν ἐν ἡμῖν, i. e. the Spirit which he placed within us, to pervade and prompt us (see κατοικέω, 1 b.), Jas 4:5 L T Tr WH.