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G3611 οἰκέω (oikéō)
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Quick Definition

οἰκέω v. I inhabit, dwell

Strong's Definition

from 3624; to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication, to cohabit

KJV Usage: dwell. See also 3625

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | ἀνοικοδομέω · ἐγκατοικέω · ἐνοικέω · ἐποικοδομέω · κατοικέω · κατοίκησις · κατοικητήριον · κατοικία · κατοικίζω · μετοικεσία · οἰκεῖος · οἰκετεία · οἰκέτης · οἴκημα · οἰκητήριον · οἰκία · οἰκιακός · οἰκοδεσποτέω · οἰκοδεσπότης · οἰκοδομέω · οἰκοδομή · οἰκοδόμος · οἰκονομέω · οἰκονομία · οἰκονόμος · οἰκουμένη · οἰκουργός · πανοικεί · παροικέω · παροικία · πάροικος · περιοικέω · περίοικος · συνοικέω · συνοικοδομέω

85.67 · Existence in Space · Dwell, Reside

to live, to dwell to live or dwell in a place

1CO 7:12 · 1CO 7:13 · 1TI 6:16

85.73 · Existence in Space · Dwell, Reside

to be in, to live in, to dwell in, to reside in to remain in a place defined psychologically or spiritually

ROM 7:17 · ROM 7:18 · ROM 7:20 · ROM 8:9 · ROM 8:11 · 1CO 3:16

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

οἰκέω oikeō 9x

to dwell in, inhabit, 1 Tim. 6:16; intrans. to dwell, live; to cohabit, 1 Cor. 7:12, 13; to be indwelling, indwell, Rom. 7:17, 18, 20; 8:9, 11; 1 Cor. 3:16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

οἰκέω, -ῶ

(< οἶκος), [in LXX chiefly for ישׁב;]

trans., to inhabit: c. acc., I Ti 6:16;

intrans., to dwell: seq. μετά (of married life), I Co 7:12, 13; metaph., seq. ἐν: ἀγαθόν, Ro 7:18; ἁμαρτία, Ro 7:20; πνεῦμα θεοῦ, Ro 8:9, 11, I Co 3:16 (cf. ἐν-, κατ-, ἒν-κατ-, παρ-, περι-, συν-οικέω).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

οἰκέω. P Magd 88 (B.c, 218) οἰκησάντων γὰρ ἡμῶν ἀμφοτέρων [ἐν τῆι προγεγραμμένηι κώμηι, P Tebt I. 6᾽0 (B.c. 140-39) οἰκεῖν παρὰ τὸν ἐθισμόν, ‘inhabit (the temple) contrary to custom,” and 26, 104"! (B.c. 92), a marriage contract, where it is laid down that the husband shall not reside in a house over which his wife has no rights—pm8’ ἄλλην [οἰκία]ν οἰκεῖν ἧς οὐ κυριεύσει ᾿Απολλωνίαι. In P Oxy VIII. rio1 (A.D. 367-70) we have the phrase νῆσον οἰκῆσαι -- ‘to be deported.” For the pass. with an act. significance see OGIS §'4 (iv/B.c.) τῶν τυρ[άν]νων [κα]ὶ τ[ῶν é]p mo[Ae | oikn]Oévrwy, cf. 147.14, and for a weakened use of οἰκεῖσθαι see Archiv i. p. 475.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

οἰκέω (oikeō) — to dwell. οἰκέω, Epic dialect οἰκείω [Refs 8th c.BC+], Locrian dialect ϝοικέω [Refs]; Aeolic dialect present participle οἴκεις [Refs 7th c.BC+]; argument 3rd.pers. singular present optative οἰκείη [Refs]: imperfect ᾤκεον [Refs 8th c.BC+] Ionic dialect οἴκεον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future οἰκήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ᾤκησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ᾤκηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive and middle, future οἰκήσομαι in middle sense,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; but in passive, see [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ᾠκήθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ᾤκημαι as middle and passive, Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural οἰκέαται, see [Refs 4th c.BC+], 3: (οἶκος): __A transitive, inhabit, ὑπωρείας ᾤκεον πολυπίδακος Ἴδης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἰ. τοῦτον τὸν χῶρον [Refs 5th c.BC+] have, enjoy, E. [prev. cited]:—passive, to be inhabited, οἰκέοιτο πόλις Πριάμοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; διὰ τῆς οἰκεομένης through the inhabited country, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἄλλας πόλιας οἰκεομένας μηδὲν ἧσσον although inhabited no less than before, [Refs]

2. colonize, settle in, τὰς πλείστας τῶν νήσων [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; πόλιν probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῆσον οἰκῆσαι, i.e. to be deported, [Refs 4th c.AD+]: in perfect passive, to be settled in, occupy, τοῖσι τὰς νήσους οἰκημένοισι Ἴωσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. in passive, to be settled, of men or tribes to whom new abodes are assigned, τριχθὰ ᾤκηθεν καταφυλαδόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect passive οἴκημαι, as present, οἱ ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ οἰκημένοι Ἕλληνες those who have been settled, i.e. those who dwell.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of cities, to be situated, lie, παρ᾽ ὃν [ποταμὸν] Νίνος πόλις οἴκητο [Refs]

II. manage, direct a household or a state, [Refs 5th c.BC+] don't manage.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive, εὖ οἰκούμεναι πόλεις well governed, [Refs]; μετρίως, ὀρθῶς, ἄριστα οἰ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]future οἰκήσεται in passive sense, καθ᾽ ὅτι ἄριστα ἡ πόλις οἰκήσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B intransitive, dwell, live, of persons, families, or tribes, have their abodes, settlements, in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of metics, ἐγ Κολλυτῷ οἰκοῦντι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐρανῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰ. μετά τινος, ={συνοικεῖν τινι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κέρδη μὲν οἰκήσαντα.. having fixed my dwelling [there] with gain to my hosts, [Refs]; τὸ τὴν φροντίδ᾽ ἔξω τῶν κακῶν οἰκεῖν γλυκύ sweet it is for the mind to keep free from cares, [Refs]; ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰ. (see. προστάτης) [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II of cities, to be situated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τὴν πόλιν σποράδην καὶ κατὰ κώμας οἰκοῦσαν formed of detached villages, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (so in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.2 to be governed or administered, τίς τῶν πόλεων διὰ σὲ βέλτιον ᾤκησε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently hardly distinguishable from the passive (above [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σωφρόνως γε οἰκοῦσα [πόλις] εὖ ἂν οἰκοῖτο a state administered by self-control would be well governed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ὀλίγους, εἰς πλείους οἰκεῖν, to be governed in the interest of the few or the many, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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