GreekG6052Verb
κατοικίζω
katoikizō
“to settle”
1Occurrences
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Definition
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to remove to a place, plant, settle or establish there as colonists, κ. *τινὰ εἰς τόπον *(Herdotus Historicus); γυναῖκας ἐς φῶς ἡλίου κατ. (Euripides):—;also, κ. *τινὰ ἐν τόπῳ *to settle or plant one in, (Sophocles Tragicus); ἐλπίδας ἔν τινι κ. to plant them in his mind, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
2.with accusative loci, to colonise, people a place, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.
3.Pass.
4.of persons, to be placed or settled, *ἐν τόπῳ *(Herdotus Historicus); *ἐς τόπον *(Thucydides)
5.of places, to have colonies planted there, to be colonised, (Thucydides)
6.to bring home and re-establish there, to restore to one's country, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
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Full Description
Greek Verb
Occurrences
κατοικίζω appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
James
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Key Passages
James 4:5BSB
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
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