Strong's Greek · G3611
οἰκέω
oikéō
dwell
Definition
to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication, to cohabit
Derivation
from G3624 (οἶκος);
Appears 9 times in Scripture
“I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.”
“You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.”
“In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.”
“And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.”
“He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.”
“Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”
“And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.”
“To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.”
“And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).