Quick Definition
κατοικία, ας, ἡ n.f. a dwelling, habitation
Strong's Definition
residence (properly, the condition; but by implication, the abode itself)
KJV Usage: habitation
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | οἰκέω
1 There are no doubt certain subtle distinctions between the meanings of the terms in this set, but this cannot be determined from existing NT contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατ-οικία, -as, 7, (κατοικέω), dwelling, habitation: Acts xvii. 26. (Sept.; Polyb. 2, 32,4; Strab., Plut., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατοικία katoikia 1x
habitation, i.q. κατοίκησις, Acts 17:26*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κατ-οικία, -ας, ἡ
(< κατοικέω), [in LXX chiefly for מוֹשָׁב, Ex 35:3, al.;]
a dwelling: Ac 17:26.
a settlement (Polyb.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατοικία. For this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Ac 1735) it is sufficient to cite P Tor I. 1+ (B.C. 116) ot ἐνκαλούμενοι τὴν κατοικίαν ἔχοντες ἐν τοῖς Mepvovetors, ‘‘citati domicilium habentes in Memnoniis’’ (Ed.), P Fay 1257 (c. B.C. 103) δέομαι ἀποστεῖAal μου τὴν ἔντευξιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποτεταγμένους τῆι κατοικίᾳ χρηματιστάς, “1 entreat you to send my petition to the assize-judges appointed for the settlement” (Edd.), P Ryl 11. 1657 (a.p. 266) the sale of four arourae of catoecic land (γῆς κατοικικῆς) --τῷ τῆς κατοικίας δικαίῳ σχοινίῳ, “measured by the just measure of the settlement” (Edd.), and from the inscrr. Cagzat IV. 834* (Hierapolis) et δὲ ἔτι ἕτερος κηδεύσει, δώσει τῇ κατοικίᾳ τῶν ἐν ‘Iepamdder κατοικούντων ᾿Ιουδαίων προστείμου δηνάρια... This last inscr. is discussed by Ramsay in £x VI. v. p. 96 f., where it is shown that the technical term κατοικία points to a ‘‘settlement” of Jews in the city with definite rights and a legalized position, so that there was little distinction between them and the old population.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατοικία (katoikia) — dwelling. κατοικ-ία, ἡ, habitation, βαρβάρων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; farm, village, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: generally, dwelling-place, [NT]; domicile, Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2. settlement, colony, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; especially of military colonies in Egypt, [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.; also, = Latin colonia, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κατοικίαι πόλεων foundation of colonies, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
3. body of residents in a foreign city, ἡ κ. τῶν ἐν Ἱεραπόλει κατοικούντων Ἰουδαίων [Refs]