κατοικέω
katoikeō
“to dwell”
Definition
to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively)
from G2596 (κατά) and G3611 (οἰκέω);
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logos (G3056)
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Occurrences
κατοικέω appears 41 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
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