Greek · G5457, G3611, G676

φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον

Light · to dwell · inaccessible

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φῶςG5457light

Pronunciationphōs

Spiritual truth and divine revelation revealing God's character and transforming human understanding.

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οἰκέωG3611to dwell

Pronunciationoikéō

To inhabit or settle permanently in a space, often metaphorically of spiritual indwelling or habitation.

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ἀπρόσιτοςG676inaccessible

Pronunciationaprósitos

Denotes absolute inaccessibility—something that cannot be approached or reached by any means.

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What does φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον (phōs oikōn aprositon) mean in the Bible?

φῶς · οἰκέω · ἀπρόσιτος is a Greek phrase meaning "dwelling in unapproachable light".

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What does φῶς · οἰκέω · ἀπρόσιτος mean in the Bible?

φῶς · οἰκέω · ἀπρόσιτος is a Greek phrase meaning "dwelling in unapproachable light".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5457, G3611, G676?

G5457, G3611, G676 is connected to 72 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. dwelling in unapproachable light

Strong'sG5457, G3611, G676

Lexical occurrences72 verses Word forms6 forms72 references

Source Gloss

dwelling in unapproachable light

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.

Form patterns6Aligned forms72Case patternNominative (25)Number patternSingular (70)

Nominative · Singular · NeuterMatt 4:16 · Matt 5:14 · Matt 5:16 · Matt 6:23 · Matt 17:2 · Luke 11:35 · John 1:4 · John 1:5 · John 1:8 · John 1:9 · John 3:19 · John 8:12 · John 9:5 · John 11:10 · John 12:35 · John 12:4625×

Genitive · Singular · NeuterLuke 16:8 · John 1:7 · John 1:8 · John 12:36 · Acts 22:11 · Rom 13:12 · 2 Cor 11:14 · Eph 5:8 · Eph 5:9 · Eph 5:13 · 1 Thess 5:5 · Rev 21:24 · Rev 22:513×

Genitive · Plural · NeuterJas 1:171×

Dative · Singular · NeuterMatt 10:27 · Luke 12:3 · John 5:35 · 2 Cor 6:14 · Col 1:12 · 1 John 1:7 · 1 John 2:9 · 1 John 2:109×

Accusative · Singular · NeuterMatt 4:16 · Mark 14:54 · Luke 2:32 · Luke 8:16 · Luke 22:56 · John 3:19 · John 3:20 · John 3:21 · John 8:12 · John 11:9 · John 12:35 · John 12:36 · Acts 13:47 · Acts 22:6 · Acts 22:9 · Acts 26:1323×

Accusative · Plural · NeuterActs 16:291×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 9 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

ongoing4infinitive2participle3

Tense

present9

Voice

active9

Mood

indicative4participle3infinitive2

NT Occurrences

Romans 7:17οἰκοῦσαpresent active participleparticiple Romans 7:18οἰκεῖpresent active indicativeongoing Romans 7:20οἰκοῦσαpresent active participleparticiple Romans 8:11οἰκεῖpresent active indicativeongoing Romans 8:9οἰκεῖpresent active indicativeongoing 1 Corinthians 3:16οἰκεῖpresent active indicativeongoing 1 Corinthians 7:12οἰκεῖνpresent active infinitiveinfinitive 1 Corinthians 7:13οἰκεῖνpresent active infinitiveinfinitive 1 Timothy 6:16οἰκῶνpresent active participleparticiple

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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