Lexical Definition

‎οἰκέω‎ oikéō (oy-keh'-o) to dwell ^G:V
from ‎οἶκος‎

dwell.

• to occupy a house, i.e. reside (figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere)
• by implication, to cohabit

Abbott-Smith

οἰκέω, -ῶ (< οἶκος), [in LXX chiefly for ישׁב;]
(a) trans., to inhabit: c. acc., I Ti 6:16;
(b) intrans., to dwell: seq. μετά (of married life), I Co 7:12, 13; metaph., seq. ἐν: ἀγαθόν, Ro 7:18; ἁμαρτία, Ro 7:20; πνεῦμα θεοῦ, Ro 8:9, 11, I Co 3:16 (cf. ἐν-, κατ-, ἒν-κατ-, παρ-, περι-, συν-οικέω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

οἰκέω,

Epic dialect οἰκείω [Refs 8th c.BC+], Locrian dialect ϝοικέω [Refs]; Aeolic dialect present participle οἴκεις [Refs 7th c.BC+]; argument 3rd.pers. singular present optative οἰκείη [Refs]: imperfect ᾤκεον [Refs 8th c.BC+] Ionic dialect οἴκεον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future οἰκήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ᾤκησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ᾤκηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive and middle, future οἰκήσομαι in middle sense,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; but in passive, see [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ᾠκήθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ᾤκημαι as middle and passive, Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural οἰκέαται, see [Refs 4th c.BC+], 3: (οἶκος):

__A transitive, inhabit, ὑπωρείας ᾤκεον πολυπίδακος Ἴδης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἰ. τοῦτον τὸν χῶρον [Refs 5th c.BC+] have, enjoy, E. [prev. cited]:—passive, to be inhabited, οἰκέοιτο πόλις Πριάμοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; διὰ τῆς οἰκεομένης through the inhabited country, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἄλλας πόλιας οἰκεομένας μηδὲν ἧσσον although inhabited no less than before, [Refs]
__2 colonize, settle in, τὰς πλείστας τῶν νήσων [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; πόλιν probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῆσον οἰκῆσαι, i.e. to be deported, [Refs 4th c.AD+]: in perfect passive, to be settled in, occupy, τοῖσι τὰς νήσους οἰκημένοισι Ἴωσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 in passive, to be settled, of men or tribes to whom new abodes are assigned, τριχθὰ ᾤκηθεν καταφυλαδόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect passive οἴκημαι, as present, οἱ ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ οἰκημένοι Ἕλληνες those who have been settled, i.e. those who dwell.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of cities, to be situated, lie, παρ᾽ ὃν [ποταμὸν] Νίνος πόλις οἴκητο [Refs]
__II manage, direct a household or a state, [Refs 5th c.BC+] don't manage.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] — passive, εὖ οἰκούμεναι πόλεις well governed, [Refs]; μετρίως, ὀρθῶς, ἄριστα οἰ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]future οἰκήσεται in passive sense, καθ᾽ ὅτι ἄριστα ἡ πόλις οἰκήσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B intransitive, dwell, live, of persons, families, or tribes, have their abodes, settlements, in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of metics, ἐγ Κολλυτῷ οἰκοῦντι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐρανῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰ. μετά τινος, ={συνοικεῖν τινι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κέρδη μὲν οἰκήσαντα.. having fixed my dwelling [there] with gain to my hosts, [Refs]; τὸ τὴν φροντίδ᾽ ἔξω τῶν κακῶν οἰκεῖν γλυκύ sweet it is for the mind to keep free from cares, [Refs]; ἐπὶ προστάτου οἰ. (see. προστάτης) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II of cities, to be situated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τὴν πόλιν σποράδην καὶ κατὰ κώμας οἰκοῦσαν formed of detached villages, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (so in passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 to be governed or administered, τίς τῶν πόλεων διὰ σὲ βέλτιον ᾤκησε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently hardly distinguishable from the passive (above [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σωφρόνως γε οἰκοῦσα [πόλις] εὖ ἂν οἰκοῖτο a state administered by self-control would be well governed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ὀλίγους, εἰς πλείους οἰκεῖν, to be governed in the interest of the few or the many, [Refs 5th c.BC+]