katoikeo denotes residing in a place or specified sphere, whether people in cities, spirits in a person, or righteousness in the new earth.

The dominant use identifies people or groups as residing in a city, region, land, or on the earth. It also describes residence within a specified sphere, including structures, a person’s heart, Christ, and the promised new earth.

1. Residing as inhabitants of a place · dominant

   Present active participles repeatedly identify people by where they reside: Acts 2:5 speaks of Jews in Jerusalem, Acts 19:10 of those in Asia, and Revelation 13:8 of those on the earth. Aorist active indicatives in Matthew 2:23 and Matthew 4:13 describe coming and residing in Nazareth and near Capernaum, while Hebrews 11:9 places Abraham’s dwelling in tents within the land of promise.

   Acts 2:5Acts 19:10Matthew 2:23Matthew 4:13Hebrews 11:9Revelation 13:8
2. Residing within a specified sphere · common

   Present active indicatives describe righteousness as present in the new earth in 2 Peter 3:13 and all the fullness of deity as residing bodily in Christ in Colossians 2:9. The same construction is negated of God in handmade temples in Acts 17:24, while the aorist active infinitive in Ephesians 3:17 expresses the requested dwelling of Christ in believers’ hearts; Luke 11:26 describes spirits entering and remaining there.

   2 Peter 3:13Acts 17:24Colossians 2:9Ephesians 3:17Luke 11:26Revelation 2:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “dwell” or “lived,” and also uses “residents,” “settled,” and “dwelling” in location clauses. These renderings confirm the verses’ residence settings rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.