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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3611. οἰκέω (oikeó) -- To dwell, inhabit, live</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3611.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/2-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3611.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3611</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3610b.htm" title="3610b">◄</a> 3611. oikeó <a href="../greek/3612.htm" title="3612">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">oikeó: To dwell, inhabit, live</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">οἰκέω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>oikeó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>oy-KEH-oh<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(oy-keh'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To dwell, inhabit, live<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I inhabit, dwell, indwell.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from οἶκος (oikos), meaning "house" or "home."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is יָשַׁב (yashab), meaning "to sit, dwell, or inhabit."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "oikeó" primarily means to dwell or inhabit a place. It conveys the idea of residing or living in a particular location, often with a sense of permanence or stability. In the New Testament, it is used both literally, to describe physical dwelling, and metaphorically, to describe spiritual or relational abiding.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the concept of "oikos" (household) was central to social and economic life. The household was not just a physical structure but a fundamental unit of society, encompassing family, servants, and property. To "oikeó" in a place implied a settled and established presence, often associated with familial and communal ties. In the Greco-Roman world, where mobility was common due to trade, military service, and colonization, the idea of dwelling carried connotations of stability and belonging.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3611</b> <i>oikéō</i> (from <a href="/greek/3624.htm">3624</a> <i>/oíkos</i>, "a house, dwelling, habitation") – properly, to make a home; living "at home" (i.e. comfortably) because it is <i>one's residence</i>; "to be at home." </p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/3624.htm">oikos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to inhabit, to dwell<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>dwells (7), live (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3611: οἰκέω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">οἰκέω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">οἴκῳ</span>; (<span class="greek2">οἶκος</span>); from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">יָשַׁב</span>, a few times for <span class="hebrew">שָׁכַן</span>; Latin<span class="latin">habito</span> (transitive), <span class="accented">to dwell in</span>: <span class="greek2">τί</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> and often in Attic), <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/6-16.htm">1 Timothy 6:16</a>; (intransitive, <span class="accented">to dwell</span>), <span class="greek2">μετά</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, with one (of the husband and wife), <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-12.htm">1 Corinthians 7:12</a>f; tropically, (<span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">τίνι</span>, to be fixed and operative in one's soul: of sin, <a href="/interlinear/romans/7-17.htm">Romans 7:17f, 20</a>; of the Holy Spirit, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8.htm">Romans 8</a>:(9),11; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16</a>. (Compare: <span class="greek2">ἐνοικέω</span>, <span class="greek2">κατοικέω</span>, <span class="greek2">ἐνκατοικέω</span>, <span class="greek2">παροικέω</span>, <span class="greek2">περιοικέω</span>, <span class="greek2">συνοικέω</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dwell. <p>From <a href="/greek/3624.htm">oikos</a>; to occupy a house, i.e. Reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication, to cohabit -- dwell. See also <a href="/greek/3625.htm">oikoumene</a>. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3624.htm">oikos</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3625.htm">oikoumene</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>οικει οικεί οίκει οἰκεῖ οικειν οικείν οἰκεῖν οικείτωσαν οικήσαι οικήσατε οικήσει οικήσεις οικήσετε οικήσομεν οίκησον οικήσουσι οικήσουσιν οικούμεν οικούμενα οικουμενή οικουμένη οικουμενην οικουμενήν οικουμένην οικουμένης οικούντα οικούντας οικούντες οικούντων οικουσα οικούσα οἰκοῦσα οικούσιν οικώ οίκω οικων οικών οίκων οἰκῶν ωκήσαμεν ώκησαν ώκησεν ωκούμεν oikei oikeî oikein oikeîn oikon oikôn oikōn oikō̂n oikousa oikoûsa<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/7-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 7:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular">V-PPA-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀλλὰ ἡ <b>οἰκοῦσα</b> ἐν ἐμοὶ</span><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> but the <span class="itali">dwelling</span> in me<p><b><a href="/text/romans/7-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 7:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-PIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι οὐκ <b>οἰκεῖ</b> ἐν ἐμοί</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> good <span class="itali">dwells</span> in me, that is, in my flesh;<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> my flesh,) <span class="itali">dwelleth</span> no good thing:<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that nothing <span class="itali">there dwells</span> in me<p><b><a href="/text/romans/7-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 7:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular">V-PPA-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀλλὰ ἡ <b>οἰκοῦσα</b> ἐν ἐμοὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it, but sin <span class="itali">which dwells</span> in me.<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but sin <span class="itali">that dwelleth</span> in me.<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/7-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> but the <span class="itali">dwelling</span> in me<p><b><a href="/text/romans/8-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 8:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-PIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πνεῦμα θεοῦ <b>οἰκεῖ</b> ἐν ὑμῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of God <span class="itali">dwells</span> in you. But if<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that the Spirit of God <span class="itali">dwell</span> in you.<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Spirit of God <span class="itali">dwells</span> in you<p><b><a href="/text/romans/8-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 8:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-PIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκ νεκρῶν <b>οἰκεῖ</b> ἐν ὑμῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from the dead <span class="itali">dwells</span> in you, He who raised<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the dead <span class="itali">dwell</span> in you,<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> from among [the] dead <span class="itali">dwells</span> in you<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 3:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-PIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν ὑμῖν <b>οἰκεῖ</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of God <span class="itali">dwells</span> in you?<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of God <span class="itali">dwelleth</span> in<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in you <span class="itali">dwells</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 7:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Infinitive Active">V-PNA</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὕτη συνευδοκεῖ <b>οἰκεῖν</b> μετ' αὐτοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and she consents <span class="itali">to live</span> with him, he must not divorce<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> she be pleased <span class="itali">to dwell</span> with him,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> she consents <span class="itali">to dwell</span> with him<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 7:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Infinitive Active">V-PNA</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὗτος συνευδοκεῖ <b>οἰκεῖν</b> μετ' αὐτῆς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and he consents <span class="itali">to live</span> with her, she must not send<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> if he be pleased <span class="itali">to dwell</span> with her,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he consents <span class="itali">to dwell</span> with her<p><b><a href="/text/1_timothy/6-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Timothy 6:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-PPA-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀθανασίαν φῶς <b>οἰκῶν</b> ἀπρόσιτον ὃν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_timothy/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> immortality <span class="itali">and dwells</span> in unapproachable<br><a href="/kjvs/1_timothy/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> immortality, <span class="itali">dwelling</span> in the light<br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/6-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> immortality in light <span class="itali">dwelling</span> unapproachable whom<p><b><a href="/greek/3611.htm">Strong's Greek 3611</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3611.htm">9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/oikei_3611.htm">οἰκεῖ — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/oikein_3611.htm">οἰκεῖν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/oiko_n_3611.htm">οἰκῶν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/oikousa_3611.htm">οἰκοῦσα — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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