Oikéō — G3611

Definition

verb

to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication, to cohabit

1. (intransitive, to dwell), μετά τίνος, with one (of the husband and wife)
2. tropically, (ἐν τίνι, to be fixed and operative in one's soul: of sin, Romans 7:17f, 20; of the Holy Spirit, Rom 8:1-39 :,11; 1Co 3:16

Usually translated as

dwell

Origin

from G3624

• oîkos (G3624)
• oikouménē (G3625)

Occurrences

Oikéō occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Romans (5), 1 Corinthians (3), 1 Timothy (1)

• Romans 7:17 — Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth (οἰκοῦσα) in me.
• Romans 7:18 — For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth (οἰκεῖ) no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
• Romans 7:20 — Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth (οἰκοῦσα) in me.
• Romans 8:9 — But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell (οἰκεῖ) in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
• Romans 8:11 — But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell (οἰκεῖ) in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
• 1 Corinthians 3:16 — Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth (οἰκεῖ) in you?
• 1 Corinthians 7:12 — But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell (οἰκεῖν) with him, let him not put her away.
• 1 Corinthians 7:13 — And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell (οἰκεῖν) with her, let her not leave him.
• 1 Timothy 6:16 — Who only hath immortality, dwelling (οἰκῶν) in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.