κατοικ-ία G2733
Habitation, dwelling place, or region designated for settlement
This noun refers to places of dwelling or settlement, with classical usage extending to colonies, farms, and designated residential areas. Acts 17:26 employs it in Paul's Athens sermon, where God determines the times and boundaries of human habitations across the earth. The term carries overtones of divine providence in establishing where peoples dwell. All major language glosses converge on 'dwelling' or 'habitation' as the core meaning.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Denotes dwelling places or habitations in the broader sense of regions where people settle. In Paul's Areopagus address, this emphasizes God's sovereign ordering of human geography and history, determining not just individuals but where entire peoples make their homes. 1×
AR["سَكَنِ"]·ben["বাসস্থানের"]·DE["κατοικίας"]·EN["dwelling"]·FR["habitation"]·heb["מוֹשְׁבָם"]·HI["निवास-के"]·ID["kediaman"]·IT["abitante"]·jav["dedalem"]·KO["거주의"]·RU["обитания"]·ES["habitación"]·SW["makazi"]·TR["yerleşimlerinin"]·urd["رہائش"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κατοικ-ία, ἡ, habitation, βαρβάρων Refs 4th c.BC+; farm, village, Refs 2nd c.BC+: generally, dwelling-place, NT; domicile, Mitteis Refs 2nd c.BC+ __2 settlement, colony, Refs 1st c.BC+; especially of military colonies in Egypt, Refs 2nd c.BC+, etc.; also, = Latin colonia, Refs 1st c.BC+; κατοικίαι πόλεων foundation of colonies, Refs 1st c.AD+ __3 body of residents in a foreign city, ἡ κ. τῶν ἐν Ἱεραπόλει κατοικούντων Ἰουδαίων Refs