Quick Definition
ἐνδημέω v. I am at home
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 1722 and 1218; to be in one's own country, i.e. home (figuratively)
KJV Usage: be at home (present)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δῆμος
85.20 · Existence in Space · Be in a Place
to be at home, to fit in a place to be in a place where one rightfully or normally belongs
23.91 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
Collocation: ἐνδημέω ἐν τῷ σώματι
to be alive (an idiom, literally: to be at home in the body) to be alive, with special emphasis upon physical existence on earth Most languages have rather generic expressions for ‘life’ or ‘to live,’ but sometimes there are idiomatic expressions which may readily fit the types of contexts illustrated by 2CO 5:6 and 2PE 1:13, for example, ‘to have strength,’ ‘to have one’s eyes,’ and ‘to walk about on the earth.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐνδημέω, -@; 1 aor. inf. ἐνδημῆσαι; (ἔνδημος one who is among his own people or in his own land, one who does not travel abroad; opp. to ἔκδημος), prop. to be among one’s own people, dwell in one’s own country, stay at home (opp. to ἐκδημέω, ἀποδημέω ; see those words); i. q. to have a fixed abode, be at home, ἐν τῷ σώματι, of life on earth, 2 Co. ν. 6, 9; πρὸς τὸν κύριον, of life in heaven, ib. 8. (Rare in the classics, as Lys. p. 114, 36.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐνδημέω endēmeō 3x
to dwell in a place, be at home, 2 Cor. 5:6, 8, 9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐνδημέω, -ῶ
(< ἔνδημος, living in a place),
to live in a place, be at home: ἐν τ. σώματι, II Co 5:6 5:9; πρὸς τ. Κύριον, II Co 5:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐνδημέω. For the antithesis with ἀποδημέω see the exx. cited under that word. Cf. further P Petr III. 53 (¢)® (iii/B.c.) éveδήμει (in an imperfect context), P Oxy I. 5615 (a.p. 211) βασιλικὸν γραμματέα μὴ ἐνδημεῖν, and from the inscrr. Syll 925° (B.C. 207) καὶ τοῦτοι συνδιεφύλαξαν τό τε ἱερὸν καὶ τὰν πόλιν καλῶς καὶ ἀσφαλῶς καὶ ἐνεδάμησαν εὐτάκτως, and similarly 1”, also 74. γοοϑὺ (i/B.c.) μηθενὶ ἐξεῖναι τῶν πίολιτῶν μηδὲ τῶν παρ]οικούντων μηδὲ τῶν ἐνδημούντων ξένων δένδρα κόπτειν ἐν τῶ]. διασαφουμένωι τόπωι. For the subst. see OG/S 764°* (ii/B.c.) ποιησαμένων τὴν ἐνδημίαν, and on the derivation of ἔνδημος from ἐν δήμῳ (ὦν), ἐν being used distributively, see Proleg. p. 105.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐνδημέω (endēmeō) — be home. ἐνδημ-έω, Doric dialect ἐνδᾱμέω, live at or in a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, stay, remain in a place, μέχρις ἂν ἐνδημῶσιν οἱ πρέσβεις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐνδημῶν καὶ ἀποδημῶν Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.: metaphorically, ὁ θεὸς ἐνδεδήμηκεν εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ. ἐν τῷ σώματι, πρὸς τὸν Κύριον, [NT]