Definition

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

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and G3611 (οἰκέω);

Word family

• κατά katá
• οἰκέω oikéō

How the KJV renders it

• dwell(-er)
• inhabitant(-ter)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.