Meaning
"a habitation" (from oiketer, "an inhabitant," and oikos, "a dwelling"), is used in Jud 1:6, of the heavenly region appointed by God as the dwelling place of angeles; in 2Co 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.
<2,,2732, katoiketerion>
(kata, "down," used intensively, and No. 1), implying more permanency than No. 1, is used in Eph 2:22 of the church as the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit; in Rev 18:2 of Babylon, figuratively, as the dwelling place of demons.
<3,,2733, katoikia>
"a settlement, colony, dwelling" (kata, and oikos, see above), is used in Act 17:26, of the localities Divinely appointed as the dwelling places of the nations.
<4,,1886, epaulis>
"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 Act 1:20 of the habitation of Judas.
<5,,4633, skene>
akin to skenoo, "to dwell in a tent or tabernacle," is rendered "habitations" in Luk 16:9, AV (RV, "tabernacles"), of the eternal dwelling places of the redeemed. See TABERNACLE.
<6,,4638, skenoma>
"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, Act 7:46 (RV, "habitation," AV, "tabernacle"); metaphorically of the body as a temporary tabernacle, 2Pe 1:1-14. See TABERNACLE.
