Word study · Greek
katoikētḗrion
dwelling place
Say it: kat-oy-kay-TAY-ree-on (approximate)
κατοικητήριον
What it means
A place to live, a habitation. In 2:22 the church is "built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit." In Revelation 18:2 it is used of Babylon as a dwelling for demons.
Range of meaning
- Dwelling placeA home.
- HabitationA place where someone lives.
In Ephesians
- Chapter 2
"A habitation of God in the Spirit" (2:22).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G2732 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources