noun · feminine
katoikias
Greekκατοικία (katoikia)
Strong’sG2733
a dwelling, habitation
stem katoiki-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† κατ-οικία, -ας, ἡ
(< κατοικέω), [in LXX chiefly for מוֹשָׁב, Ex 35:3, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2733 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-oy-kee'-ah
residence (properly, the condition; but by implication, the abode itself)
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 nominative | katoikias | katoikiais |
| object accusative | katoikian | katoikiain |
| direct address vocative | katoikiar | katoikiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | katoikiau1×κατοικίας | katoikiaiu |
| to, for dative | katoikia | katoikiai |
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
katoikia 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
katoikiau“where … live”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 17:26“where … live”poiata tē ek henou pantem ethnem anthrōpoiu katoikarō epi panteu prosōpeu tau gēau, horizaratos prostassirētoin kairoin kai tain horothesiain tau katoikiau autoiu,From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.