ἐνοικέω
enoikéō · G1774 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to be in, to live in, to dwell in, to reside in
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐνοικέω ‘to live in,’ not occurring in the NT) To remain in a place defined psychologically or spiritually
ExamplesRomans 8:11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
2 Corinthians 6:16 Or what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I WILL DWELL AMONG THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
- λόγοςword, saying, message 1
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1
- Not stated: I 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐνin+ σύyou 2
- ἐνin+ ἐγώI, we 1
- ἐνin+ μάμμηgrandmother 1
- ἐνin+ μήτηρmother 1
- ἐνin+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πλουσίωςrichly, abundantly 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
- πνεῦμαspirit 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔπωto say 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- σκηνόω skēnóō · G4637 · to take up residence, to come to reside, to come to dwell
- Both verbs denote dwelling or inhabiting, with ἐνοικέω expressing general inhabitation (especially in figurative contexts of indwelling) and σκηνόω specifically evoking the imagery of tent-dwelling or temporary encampment, though both can describe divine or spiritual residence.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be in, to live in, to dwell in, to reside in85.73
- This verb describes ongoing indwelling presence, used of Paul's admission that sin dwells within him apart from his own agency — "no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me" (Romans 7:17), of God's promise that He will dwell among His people as their temple — "I WILL DWELL AMONG THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM" (2 Corinthians 6:16), and of Paul's instruction that the word of Christ dwell richly within believers — "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you" (Colossians 3:16).
Word family 35 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐνοίκω; future ἐνοικήσω; 1 aorist ἐνώκησα; the Sept. for יָשַׁב; to dwell in; in the N.…
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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