Strong's Lexicon
G1736 — ἐνδημέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1736 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐνδημέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G1722 and G1218 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | endemeo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | en-day-meh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be in one's own country, i.e. home (figuratively) |
| KJV Renderings: | be at home (present) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐνδημέω, ἐνδήμω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐνδημῆσαι; (ἔνδημος one who is among his own people or in his own land, one who does not travel abroad; opposed to ἔκδημος), properly, to be among one’s own people, dwell in one’s own country, stay at home (opposed to ἐκδημέω, ἀποδημέω; see those words); equivalent to to have a fixed abode, be at home, ἐν τῷ σώματι, of life on earth, 2Co 5:6; 2Co 5:9; πρός τόν κύριον, of life in heaven, 2Co 5:8. (Rare in the classics, as Lysias, p. 114, 36.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐνδημέω (be at home (present))
2 Corinthians 5:6
- KJV: Therefore always confident knowing that whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord
- GK: θαρρούντες ούν πάντοτε και ειδότες ότι ενδημούντες εν τω σώματι εκδημούμεν από του κυρίου
2 Corinthians 5:8
- KJV: We are confident and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord
- GK: θαρρούμεν δε και ευδοκούμεν μάλλον εκδημήσαι εκ του σώματος και ενδημήσαι προς τον κύριον
2 Corinthians 5:9
- KJV: Wherefore we labour that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him
- GK: διό και φιλοτιμούμεθα είτε ενδημούντες είτε εκδημούντες ευάρεστοι αυτώ είναι
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