Dwelling place
κατοικητήριονStrong’s G2732katoikētērion
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katoikētērion is the Greek word usually translated “habitation”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.”
Meaning
Usually translated “habitation”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a habitation 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ephesians 1
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
κατοικητήριον katoikētērion · dwelling place
κατ-οικητήριον, -ου, τό (κατοικέω), [in LXX for מוֹשָׁב, מָעוֹן, etc. ;] a habitation, dwelling-place: Eph.2:22, Rev.18:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dwellingplace” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DWELL'ING-PLACE, noun
The place of residence.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.