οἰκητήριον
oikētḗrion · G3613 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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dwelling place, home
(Derivative of οἰκέω ‘to dwell,’) A place in which one may dwell
Examples2 Corinthians 5:2 For indeed, in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,
Jude 1:6 And angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἴδιοςone’s own 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐρανόςheaven, sky 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐπενδύομαιto put on over 1
- ἀπολείπωto leave 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 2 words
- σκηνή skēnḗ · G4633 · tent, tabernacle tent
- Greek term for dwelling, particularly a temporary or portable dwelling like a tent; can overlap with οἰκητήριον especially in figurative uses (e.g., the body as a dwelling)
- σκήνωμα skḗnōma · G4638 · dwelling, dwelling place, temporary dwelling place
- Greek term for dwelling or habitation, particularly used figuratively (as in 2 Peter 1:13-14 for the body); overlaps with οἰκητήριον's figurative sense of residence
In the other Testament 3 words
- מָעוֹן mâʻôwn · H4583 · dwelling place, den, lair
- Hebrew term for dwelling place or habitation, commonly used for both divine and human residences; a natural translation equivalent for οἰκητήριον's sense of 'residence' or 'dwelling place'
- מִשְׁכָּן mishkân · H4908 · dwelling-place, home, tent
- Hebrew term for dwelling place, particularly used of the tabernacle as God's dwelling but also of human habitations; overlaps significantly with οἰκητήριον's literal and figurative senses of residence
- נָוֶה nâveh · H5116 · dweller, habitation, abode
- Hebrew term for habitation or dwelling place, used of both human and divine residences; a suitable translation equivalent for οἰκητήριον
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Dwelling place, home85.68
- Longing for the resurrection body, 2 Corinthians 5:2 states “in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,” where “dwelling” renders this noun for a place of residence.
Word family 35 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀικητηριου, τό (οἰκητήρ), a dwelling-place, habitation: Jude 1:6; of the body as the…
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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