Dictionary entry

G03611

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

οἰκέω

Etym. οἶκος

A. trans. "to inhabit, occupy", Il., Hdt., attic:—Pass. "to be inhabited", Il., Hdt., etc.; cf. οἰκουμένη.

2. Pass. "to be settled", of those to whom new abodes are assigned, Il.; οἱ ἐν τῆι ἠπείρωι οἰκημένοι "those who have been settled", i. e. "those who dwell" on the mainland, Hdt.; of cities, "to be situate, to lie", id=Hdt.

II. "to manage, direct, govern", like διοικέω, Soph., etc.

B. intr. "to dwell, live, be settled", Hom., etc.; ἔξω τῶν κακῶν οἰκεῖν γλυκύ sweet is it "to live" free from cares, Soph.

II. of cities, in a pass. sense, "to be settled, be situated", Hdt., Xen.

2. "to conduct oneself or be conducted so and so", σωφρόνως γε οἰκοῦσα [πόλις] εὖ ἂν οἰκοῖτο a state "with habits" of self-control "would" be well "governed", Plat.