noun · feminine
katoikēsias
Greekκατοίκησις (katoikēsis)
Strong’sG2731
dwelling, abode, habitation
stem katoikēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κατ-οίκησις, -εως, ἡ
(< κατοικέω), [in LXX for ישׁב, Ge 10:30, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2731 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-oy'-kay-sis
residence (properly, the act; but by implication, concretely, the mansion)
Fromfrom G2730;
King Jamesdwelling.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | katoikēsias | katoikēsiais |
| object accusative | katoikēsian1×κατοίκησιν | katoikēsiain |
| direct address vocative | katoikēsiar | katoikēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | katoikēsiau | katoikēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | katoikēsia | katoikēsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
katoikēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
katoikēsian“dwelling”objectaccusative singular1×
Mark 5:3“dwelling”hos tan katoikēsian echate en tei mnēmei, kai oude halusia ouketi oudenos dunete auton daraThis man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.