# G2730 κατοικέω

κατοικέω (katoikéō), Strong’s G2730: to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively) KJV: dwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter). Occurs 665 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2730 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*katoikéō* — to house permanently, i.e. reside (literally or figuratively)

KJV: dwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter)

Built from [κατά katá](https://besorah.bible/word/G2596) (about) + [οἰκέω oikéō](https://besorah.bible/word/G3611) (to occupy a house, i.e. reside)

Occurs 665 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 2:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/2?v=23) — and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he…
- [Matthew 4:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/4?v=13) — Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
- [Matthew 12:45](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=45) — Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The…
- [Luke 11:26](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=26) — Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of…
- [Luke 13:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/13?v=4) — Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all…
- [Acts 1:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/1?v=19) — It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Hakel-Dema,’ that is…
- [Acts 1:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/1?v=20) — For it is written in the scroll of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let…
- [Acts 2:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/2?v=5) — Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.
- [Acts 2:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/2?v=9) — Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
- [Acts 2:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/2?v=14) — But Peter, standing up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea and all you who…