κατοικίζω katoikizō · G6052
to settle
1. to remove to a place, plant, settle or establish there as colonists , κ. τινὰ εἰς τόπον (Herdotus Historicus); γυναῖκας ἐς φῶς ἡλίου κατ. (Euripides):—; also, κ. τινὰ ἐν τόπῳ to settle or plant one in , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἐλπίδας ἔν τινι κ. to plant them in his mind, (Aeschulus Tragicus) ; 2. with accusative loci, to colonise, people a place, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. ; 3. Pass., ; 4. of persons, to be placed or settled , ἐν τόπῳ (Herdotus Historicus); ἐς τόπον (Thucydides) ; 5. of places, to have colonies planted there, to be colonised , (Thucydides) ; 6. to bring home and re-establish there, to restore to one's country , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
κατοικ-ίζω, ; Cretan dialect καταϝοικίδδω []: Attic dialectfuture - ῐῶ []:—settle, establish, κ. τινὰς ες Μέμφιν []; κ. πόλιν εἰς τόπον place it.., []; ἐλπίδας ἔν τινι κ. plant them in his mind, []:—passive, to be settled, ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ []; κ. Λατώσιον []; II c.accusative loci, colonize, people a place, αἳ Θεμίσκυράν ποτε κατοικιοῦσιν []:—passive, to be settled, ἡ Ἑλλὰς -ῳκίζετο []; to be founded, established, []; πόλεις κατοικιζόμεναι εὐθύς, opposed to ἤδη κατοικούμεναι, []; III middle, establish …
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Source: TBESG G6052; TFLSJ G6052
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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