κατοικέω katoikeō

Greek word for “to dwell” · Strong’s G2730 · used 44 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

κατ-οικέω, -ῶ; 1. trans., to inhabit, dwell in: with accusative, 2:9, 14 4:16 9:32, 35 19:10, 17.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for katoikeō in context, with how often each is used:

• dwelling 20
• dwell 7
• inhabiting 7
• dwells 5
• dwelt 3
• dwelling there 1
• having dwelt 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 2 (3), Acts 7 (3), Acts 9 (3), Revelation 13 (3), Acts 1 (2), Acts 17 (2), Acts 19 (2), Revelation 17 (2), Matthew 2 (1), Matthew 4 (1)

Forms

• κατοικοῦντας 9
• κατοικοῦντες 9
• κατοικεῖ 7
• κατοικοῦσιν 5
• κατῴκησεν 3
• κατοικῆσαι 3
• κατοικούντων 2
• κατοικοῦντι 1
• κατοικῶν 1
• κατοικεῖτε 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katoikeō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• γῆ gē “earth” 14
• Ἱερουσαλήμ Hierousalēm “Jerusalem” 6
• γνωστός gnōstos, gnōrimos “acquainted with” 4
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 6
• Μεσοποταμία Mesopotamia “Mesopotamia” 2
• Χαρράν Charran “Haran” 2
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 4
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 4
• θηρίον thērion “wild animal” 3
• Λύδδα Ludda “Lydda” 2
• εὐλαβής eulabēs “devout” 2
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 4

Key verses

The verses using katoikeō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 7:2 — And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
• Acts 13:27 — For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have…
• Acts 17:26 — And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of…
• Ephesians 3:17 — That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
• Colossians 2:9 — For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
• Revelation 2:13 — I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein…
• Revelation 3:10 — Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell…
• Revelation 6:10 — And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
• Revelation 11:10 — And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that…
• Revelation 13:8 — And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Revelation 13:14 — And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the…
• Revelation 17:8 — The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.