οἰκητήριον
oikētērion · dwelling
Greek word · Strong’s number G3613 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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oikētērion (οἰκητήριον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “dwelling”.
The place where someone lives: in 2 Corinthians 5:2, the new body God gives; in Jude 1:6, the angels' own place.
How to say it
oi·kē·tē·ri·on
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A place where one lives and belongs.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 5:2
For indeed in this tent we groan, longing to put on our dwelling that is from heaven,
- Jude 1:6
And angels who did not keep their own dignity but abandoned their own dwelling he has kept in eternal chains under gloom for the judgment of the great day.