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Habitation
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "a habitation" (from oiketer, "an inhabitant," and oikos, "a dwelling"), is used in Jude 1:6 , of the heavenly region appointed by God as the dwelling place of angeles; in 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.
(kata, "down," used intensively, and No. 1), implying more permanency than No. 1, is used in Ephesians 2:22 of the church as the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit; in Revelation 18:2 of Babylon, figuratively, as the dwelling place of demons.
"a settlement, colony, dwelling" (kata, and oikos, see above), is used in Acts 17:26 , of the localities Divinely appointed as the dwelling places of the nations.
"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 Acts 1:20 of the habitation of Judas.
akin to skenoo, "to dwell in a tent or tabernacle," is rendered "habitations" in Luke 16:9 , AV (RV, "tabernacles"), of the eternal dwelling places of the redeemed. See TABERNACLE.
"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, Acts 7:46 (RV, "habitation," AV, "tabernacle"); metaphorically of the body as a temporary tabernacle, 2 Peter 1:13,14 . See TABERNACLE.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Habitation'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/h/habitation.html. 1940.
