Definition

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

Etymology

from G3624 (οἶκος);

Word family

• οἶκος oîkos

How the KJV renders it

• dwell

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.