noun · neuter
katoikētēriem
Greekκατοικητήριον (katoikētērion)
Strong’sG2732
a habitation, dwelling-place
stem katoikētēri-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† κατ-οικητήριον, -ου, τό
(< κατοικέω), [in LXX for מוֹשָׁב, מָעוֹן, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2732 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-oy-kay-tay'-ree-on
a dwelling-place
Fromfrom a derivative of G2730;
King Jameshabitation.
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 or object direct | katoikētēriem1×κατοικητήριον | katoikētērieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | katoikētērieu | katoikētērieiu |
| to, for dative | katoikētērie | katoikētēriei |
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
katoikētērie 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
katoikētēriem“dwelling place”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Revelation 18:2“dwelling place”kai krazata en ischura fōna legarōtos; Piptata, piptata Babulōnas tas megas, kai gineta katoikētēriem daimoneiu kai fulakas panteu pneumeu akatharteu kai fulakas panteu ornitheu akatharteu kai fulakas panteu thēreu akatharteu kai misirēteu,And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
katoikētēriem1×
Ephesians 2:22“dwelling”en ho kai vis sunoikodomivō eis katoikētēriem tou theou en pneume.And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.