κατοικέω

κατοικέω (s. four next entries) fut. κατοικήσω; 1 aor. κατῴκησα; pf. inf. κατῳκηκέναι (Just., D. 79, 2); aor. pass. subj. κατοικηθῶ LXX (s. οἰκέω; Soph., Hdt.+).

① to live in a locality for any length of time, live, dwell, reside, settle (down) intr.

ⓐ w. the place indicated by ἔν τινι (X., An. 5, 3, 7; IHierapJ 212 τῶν ἐν Ἱεραπόλει κατοικούντων Ἰουδαίων; PMagd 25, 2 [221 B.C.]; PTebt 5, 180; Lev 23:42; Gen 14:12; Philo, Sobr. 68; Jos., Vi. 31; PMert 63, 9) Lk 13:4 v.l.; Ac 1:20 (cp. Ps 68:26); 2:5 v.l. (for εἰς s. below); 7:2, 4a, 48; 9:22; 11:29; 13:27; 17:24; Hb 11:9; Rv 13:12; B 11:4; IEph 6:2; Hs 3:1. Also used w. εἰς and acc. (Ps.-Callisth. 1, 38, 3 εἰς φθαρτὰ σώματα ἀθανάτων ὀνόματα κατοικεῖ; schol. on Soph., Trach. 39 p. 281 Papag.; B-D-F §205; Rob. 592f) Mt 2:23; 4:13; Ac 2:5; 7:4b. εἰς τὰ τείχη Hs 8, 7, 3. εἰς τὸν πύργον 8, 8, 5. εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸν ἐρχόμενον Hs 4:2. ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς live on the earth Rv 3:10; 6:10; 8:13; 11:10ab; 13:8, 14ab; 14:6 v.l.; 17:8. ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τῆς γῆς live on the whole earth Ac 17:26. ἐπὶ ξένης (i.e. χώρας) Hs 1:6. ποῦ, ὅπου Rv 2:13ab. Abs. (CB I/2, 461 nos. 294 and 295 οἱ κατοικοῦντες Ῥωμαῖοι) ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν (sc. ἐκεῖ) κατοικούντων Ἰουδαίων by all the Jews who live there Ac 22:12.

ⓑ in relation to the possession of human beings by God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and other transcendent beings, virtues, etc. (cp. Wsd 1:4; TestDan 5:1, TestJos 10:2f) ὁ θεὸς κ. ἐν ἡμῖν B 16:8. Of Christ Eph 3:17; cp. Hm 3:1. Of the Holy Spirit Hm 5, 2, 5; 10, 2, 5; Hs 5, 6, 5; ὁ κύριος ἐν τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ κ. m 5, 1, 3. ἐν αὐτῷ κ. πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος Col 2:9; cp. 1:19; ἐν οἷς δικαιοσύνη κ. 2 Pt 3:13 (cp. Is 32:16). ἡ μακροθυμία κατοικεῖ μετὰ τῶν τ. πίστιν ἐχόντων patience dwells with those who have faith Hm 5, 2, 3. Of spirit control or possession Mt 12:45; Lk 11:26 (κ. ἐκεῖ as Palaeph. 39 p. 44, 4).

② to make something a habitation or dwelling by being there, inhabit τὶ someth. (Demosth., Ep. 4, 7 τ. Ἰνδικὴν χώραν; Ps.-Aristot., Mirabilia 136; SIG 557, 17 τ. Ἀσίαν; PMagd 9, 1 [III B.C.]; PTor 4, 8 [117 B.C.] τὴν αὐτὴν πόλιν; Gen 13:7; Ezk 25:16; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 2; Jos., Vi. 27 Δαμασκόν) Ἰερουσαλήμ Lk 13:4; Ac 1:19; 2:14; 4:16. Cp. 2:9 (cp. Diod S 18, 11, 2 Μεσσήνιοι καὶ οἱ τὴν Ἀκτὴν κατοικοῦντες); 9:32, 35; 19:10, 17. οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν γῆν the inhabitants of the earth Rv 12:12 v.l.; 17:2. κ. πόλεις (Hdt. 7, 164) Dg 5:2. οἰκίας πηλίνας 1 Cl 39:5 (Job 4:19). ὅλον τὸν κόσμον Hs 9, 17, 1. Of God ὁ κ. τὸν ναόν the One who dwells in the temple (cp. Jos., Bell. 5, 458f) Mt 23:21; cp. Js 4:5 v.l.—DELG s.v. οἶκος II C. M-M. TW.