Difference between revisions of "Habitation"

<div> '''1: οἰκητήριον ''' (Strong'S #3613 — Noun Neuter — oiketerion — oy-kay-tay'-ree-on ) </div> <p> "a habitation" (from oiketer, "an inhabitant," and oikos, "a dwelling"), is used in &nbsp;Jude 1:6 , of the heavenly region appointed by God as the dwelling place of angeles; in &nbsp;2 Corinthians 5:2 , RV, "habitation," AV, "house," figuratively of the spiritual bodies of believers when raised or changed at the return of the Lord. See House. </p> <div> '''2: κατοικητήριον ''' (Strong'S #2732 — Noun Neuter — katoiketerion — kat-oy-kay-tay'-ree-on ) </div> <p> (kata, "down," used intensively, and No. 1), implying more permanency than No. 1, is used in &nbsp;Ephesians 2:22 of the church as the dwelling place of the [[Holy]] Spirit; in &nbsp; Revelation 18:2 of Babylon, figuratively, as the dwelling place of demons. </p> <div> '''3: κατοικία ''' (Strong'S #2733 — Noun [[Feminine]] — katoikia — kat-oy-kee'-ah ) </div> <p> "a settlement, colony, dwelling" (kata, and oikos, see above), is used in &nbsp;Acts 17:26 , of the localities Divinely appointed as the dwelling places of the nations. </p> <div> '''4: ἔπαυλις ''' (Strong'S #1886 — Noun Feminine — epaulis — ep'-ow-lis ) </div> <p> "a farm, a dwelling" (epi, "upon," aulis, "a place in which to pass the night, a country house, cottage or cabin, a fold"), is used in &nbsp;Acts 1:20 of the habitation of Judas. </p> <div> '''5: σκηνή ''' (Strong'S #4633 — Noun Feminine — skene — skay-nay' ) </div> <p> akin to skenoo, "to dwell in a tent or tabernacle," is rendered "habitations" in &nbsp;Luke 16:9 , AV (RV, "tabernacles"), of the eternal dwelling places of the redeemed. See Tabernacle. </p> <div> '''6: σκήνωμα ''' (Strong'S #4638 — Noun Neuter — skenoma — skay'-no-mah ) </div> <p> "a booth," or "tent pitched" (akin to No. 5), is used of the [[Temple]] as God's dwelling, as that which David desired to build, &nbsp;Acts 7:46 (RV, "habitation," AV, "tabernacle"); metaphorically of the body as a temporary tabernacle, &nbsp; 2 Peter 1:13,14 . See Tabernacle. </p>