Quick Definition
a dwelling-place, habitation
Strong's Definition
a residence (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of G3611 (οἰκέω) (equivalent to G3612 (οἴκημα));
KJV Usage: habitation, house
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκητήριον, ὀικητηριου, τό (οἰκητήρ), a dwelling-place, habitation: Jud_1:6; of the body as the dwelling-place of the spirit, 2Co_5:2 (2Ma_11:2; 3Ma_2:15; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 20, 7); Euripides, Plutarch, Cebes () tab. 17).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἰκητήριον oikētērion 2x
a habitation, dwelling, an abode, Jud_1:6 ;
trop. the personal abode of the soul, 2Co_5:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** οἰκητήριον , -ου , τό
( < οἰκητήρ = οἰκήτωρ , an inhabitant ),
[in LXX : 2Ma_11:2 , 3Ma_2:15 * ;]
a habitation: Jud_1:6 ; trop ., 2Co_5:2 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οἰκητήριον [page 441]
For οἰκητήριον , dwelling-place, habitation, as in Jud_1:6 , cf. BGU IV. 1167 .33 (B.C. 12) ἐν τῇ τετραγώ (νῳ ) στοᾷ οἰκητηρίο (υ ), P Oxy II. 281 .11 (A.D. 20 50), complaint against a husband ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἐπιδεξαμένη αὐτὸν εἰς τὰ τῶν γονέων μου οἰκητήρια λειτὸν παντελῶς ὄντα , as he was destitute of means I received him into my parents house (Edd.). In P Tor II. 3 .23 (B.C. 127) οἱ ἐνκαλούμενοι ἐμβατεύσαντες εἰς σημαινομένην οἰκίαν καὶ περιοικοδομήσαντες ἑαυτοῖς οἰκητήρια ἐνοικοῦσιν βιαίως , the editor understands by οἰκητήρια , apartments, rather than a whole house : cf. the important inscription of B.C. 76 5, cited by Plaumann Ptolemais , p. 35, where we read of a shrine of Isis (Ἰσιδεῖον ), built to the south of Ptolemais σῦν τοῖς περὶ αὐτὸ κατῳκοδομημένοις οἰκητηρίοις . For οἰκήτωρ , inhabitant, see P Lond 121 .351 (iii/A.D.) (= I. P. 95).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
οἰκητήριον [Etym: from οἰκητήρ] οἰκητήριον, ου, τό, "a dwelling-place, habitation", Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
οἰκητήριον, -ου, τό
(οἰκητήρ = οἰκήτωρ, an inhabitant), [in LXX: 2Ma.11:2, 3Ma.2:15 * ;]
a habitation: Ju 6; trop., 2Co.5:2.†
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