Oiketerion (οἰκητήριον) is a Greek word meaning "dwelling",οἰκητήριον in Liddell & Scott (1940). A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press. or "habitation".Richard C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of The Epistles of St. Peter, St. John, and St. Jude (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1966) p. 619.
It is used in two places in the Bible; in the King James Version translation, they are:
For the latter verse, the term has been interpreted as meaning "the body as a dwelling place for the spirit".J.T. Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (c. 1835; 4th edn, T & T Clark 1901; new edn Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1977; repr. 1983), 439.
See also Christian eschatology Resurrection of the dead in Christianity
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