συνοικέω, συνοίκω; to dwell together (Vulg.cohabito): of the domestic association and intercourse of husband and wife, 1Pe_3:7; for many examples of this use, see Passow, under the word, 1; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 2).

συνοικέω synoikeō 1x to dwell with; to live or cohabit with, 1Pe_3:7

συν -οικέω , -ῶ , [in LXX for H1167 etc.;] to dwell together: of man and wife ( Hdt ., al. ), c. dat. pers ., 1Pe_3:7 ,†

συνοικέω [page 611] live together of man and wife, as in its only NT occurrence, 1Pe_3:7 : PSI I. 64 .4 (i/B.C. ?) συνοικ [ήσουσά σοι ὡ ]ς γνησ̣[ία ] γαμετή , P Oxy II. 237 vii. 23 (A.D. 186) εἰ συνοικεῖν ἀλλήλοις θέλοιεν , if they wished to live together, and ib . XII. 1548 .15 (A.D. 202 3) ἡ . . θυγά (τηρ ) μου συνοικοῦσα τῷ ἀνδ (ρὶ ) Ἀπολλωνίῳ . Cf. the similar use of συνοικισία in P Eleph 1 .2 (B.C. 311 10), and of συνοικίσιον in P Oxy II. 266 .11 (A.D. 96) κα [τὰ συ ]νγραφὴν συνοικισίου , in accordance with a contract of marriage, al . The verb is used more generally in P Amh II. 141 .5 (A.D. 350) γνήσ ]ιός μου ἀδελφ [ὸς . . ]σσος συνοικ [εῖ μοι , my full brother . . ssus lives with me, and Chrest . II. 96 ii. 10 (after A.D. 350) ὁ παῖς καὶ συν [ο ]ικ <εῖ > τῇ ἀδελ [φῇ . Cf. also συνοικίζω in Syll .3 709 .10 ( c . B.C. 107) πόλιν ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου συνοικίξας . A new verb συνοικιάζω occurs in P Lond V. 1735 .11 (late vi/A.D.), apparently in the sense of enlarging the house by adding new buildings to it (see the editor s note). For the subst. συνοικία cf. P Petr III. 65 ( b ) .9 (iii/B.C.), the report of a searcher for stolen goods ἐν τῆι Ἡρακλείτου συνοικίαι : in ib . 73 .7 (iii/B.C.) the word is = lodging-house. Cf. also BGU VII. 1573 .25 (A.D. 141 2) (τέταρτον ) μέρος συνοικίας , and the dim. συνοικίδιον in ib . .12 .

συνοικέω fut. ήσω "to dwell together", Plat. , etc.; ς. τινί "to live with", Aesch. , etc. "to live together" in wedlock, "cohabit", Hdt. , Eur. , etc.; τούτων συνοικησάντων γίνεται Κλεισθένης from their "marriage" sprang Cleisthenes, Hdt. metaph., ἄχθος ᾧ ξυνοικεῖ the grief with which "he is associated", Soph. ; so, ς. φόβῳ Eur. ; ἡδοναῖς, ἀμαθίᾳ Plat. ; ἱππικοῖς ἐν ἤθεσι ξ. "being versed" in the ways of horses, Eur. reversely, with the thing as subject, γῆρας ἵνα πάντα κακὰ κακῶν ξυνοικεῖ old age with which all evils "are associated", Soph. ; of the poisoned robe of Hercules, "to cling closely", id=Soph. c. acc. loci, "to colonise jointly with", Κυρηναίοισι ς. Λιβύην Hdt. :—Pass., of a country, "to be thickly peopled", Xen.

συν-οικέω, -ῶ [in LXX for בַּעַל etc. ;] to dwell together: of man and wife (Hdt., al.), with dative of person(s), 1Pe.3:7,† (AS)