verb

Greekκατοικίζω (katoikizō)

Biblang

katoikizamō

Strong’sG2730

I cause to dwell

stem katoikiz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

κατοικίζω,

[in LXX for ישׁב hi., etc.;]

to cause to dwell: metaph., c. acc., τὸ πνεῦμα, Ja 4:5 (Rec., R, mg., κατῴκησεν).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2730 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-oy-keh'-o

to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom G2596 and G3611;

King Jamesdwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

κατοικ-έω,
settle in, colonize, πόλιν Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῖς κατοικεῖν ἐθέλουσι τὰν πόλιν Decrees Byzantine cited in Refs 4th c.BC+: generally, inhabit, τόπους Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.:— passive, to be dwelt in or inhabited, opposed to κατοικίζομαι (to be just founded), Refs 4th c.BC+
2 absolutely, settle, dwell, ζητοῦσα.. ποῦ κατοικοίης Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν δόμοις, ἐν ἄστεσι, NT+5th c.BC+; especially of non-citizens, Ἐφέσιοι καὶ οἱ -οῦντες Refs 4th c.BC+:—perfect and pluperfect passive, to have been planted or settled, κατὰ κώμας Refs 5th c.BC+; κ.νῆσον, τὴν μεσόγειαν, Refs 5th c.BC+
II administer, govern, οἱ τὰς πόλεις -οῦντες Refs 5th c.BC+ —more frequently in passive, κατῴκηνται καλῶςRefs 5th c.BC+; ὀρθῶς κ., of Sparta, Refs 5th c.BC+
III intransitive of cities, lie, be siluated, ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις Refswhich are situated in.., Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

made to dwell1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
katoikizataκατῴκισεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	made to dwell	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	katoikizamō	katoikizame	katoikizami	katoikizama	katoikizamē	katoikizamelē
you 2nd person singular	katoikizasō	katoikizase	katoikizasi	katoikizasa	katoikizasē	katoikizaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katoikizatō	katoikizate	katoikizati	katoikizata1×κατῴκισεν	katoikizatē	katoikizatelē
we 1st person plural	katoikizanō	katoikizane	katoikizani	katoikizana	katoikizanē	katoikizanelē
ye 2nd person plural	katoikizavō	katoikizave	katoikizavi	katoikizava	katoikizavē	katoikizavelē
they 3rd person plural	katoikizalō	katoikizale	katoikizali	katoikizala	katoikizalē	katoikizalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	katoikizameiō	katoikizameia	katoikizameiē
you 2nd person singular	katoikizaseiō	katoikizaseia	katoikizaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katoikizateiō	katoikizateia	katoikizateiē
we 1st person plural	katoikizaneiō	katoikizaneia	katoikizaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	katoikizaveiō	katoikizaveia	katoikizaveiē
they 3rd person plural	katoikizaleiō	katoikizaleia	katoikizaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	katoikizasōr	katoikizasar	katoikizasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katoikizatōr	katoikizatar	katoikizatēr
ye 2nd person plural	katoikizavōr	katoikizavar	katoikizavēr
they 3rd person plural	katoikizalōr	katoikizalar	katoikizalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	katoikizamoiō	katoikizamoia
you 2nd person singular	katoikizasoiō	katoikizasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katoikizatoiō	katoikizatoia
we 1st person plural	katoikizanoiō	katoikizanoia
ye 2nd person plural	katoikizavoiō	katoikizavoia
they 3rd person plural	katoikizaloiō	katoikizaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	katoikizarō	katoikizari	katoikizara	katoikizarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	katoikizarōntos	katoikizarintos	katoikizarantos	katoikizarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

katoikizstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

katoikiz 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

katoikizata“made to dwell”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

James 4:5“made to dwell”… Pros fthonon epipothatō tem pneumem hem katoikizata en ni?… reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?