ἐγκατοικέω
enkatoikéō · G1460 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to live among, to dwell among
To live or dwell among
Examples2 Peter 2:8 (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),
How it’s used In 2 roles
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the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- μένω ménō · G3306 · to remain, to stay, to await
- μένω expresses remaining or dwelling in a place, overlapping with ἐγκατοικέω in contexts of residing somewhere. μένω can indicate more temporary sojourn or have broader application (including abstract states and relations), whereas ἐγκατοικέω emphasizes settled, established residence in a specific location.
In the other Testament 2 words
- שָׁכַן shâkan · H7931 · to settle down, to stay, dwell, to cause to dwell
- שָׁכַן (šākan) is the standard Hebrew verb for settling down and dwelling in a place, and is a direct translation equivalent for the concept of residing/dwelling expressed by ἐγκατοικέω. Both convey the sense of taking up residence in a location.
- יָשַׁב yâshab · H3427 · to sit down, to be seated, to make sit
- יָשַׁב (yāšab) is the most common Hebrew verb for dwelling and inhabiting, expressing permanent or long-term residence in a place, matching the semantic range of ἐγκατοικέω's sense of settling down to reside.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To live among, to dwell among85.72
- In 2 Peter 2:8, righteous Lot is described as dwelling among the lawless people of Sodom and being tormented day after day by what he saw and heard, this verb naming ongoing residence within a particular group or community.
Word family 35 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (T WH ἐνκατοικέω, see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκατοίκω; to dwell among: ἐν αὐτοῖς, among them, 2…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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