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ἐνδημέω

Strong’s: G1736

Associated OET lemmas: ἐνδημέω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: δῆμος

Sense 1: to be at home, to fit in a place

Semantic entry: 85.20

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Be in a Place

Definition: to be in a place where one rightfully or normally belongs

Show passage in OET: CO2 5:8

OET-RV CO2 5:8

8 And we do have confidence and look forward to being absent out of these bodies and being at home with the master,

OET-LV CO2 5:8

8 And we _are _having _confidence and we _are _taking _pleasure rather to _be _absent out _of the body and to _be _at _home with the master.

Show passage in OET: CO2 5:9

OET-RV CO2 5:9

9 so that’s why we’re ambitious to please the master, whether we’re still in these bodily homes or absent from them.

OET-LV CO2 5:9

9 Therefore also we _are _being _ambitious, whether being _at _home or being _absent, well _pleasing to _him to _be.

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Sense 2: to be alive

Semantic entry: 23.91

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Live, Die

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to be at home in the body) to be alive, with special emphasis upon physical existence on earth

Notes: Most languages have rather generic expressions for ‘life’ or ‘to live,’ but sometimes there are idiomatic expressions which may readily fit the types of contexts illustrated by OET CO2 5:6 and OET PE2 1:13, for example, ‘to have strength,’ ‘to have one’s eyes,’ and ‘to walk about on the earth.’

Collocations: ἐνδημέω ἐν τῷ σώματι

Show passage in OET: CO2 5:6

OET-RV CO2 5:6

6 Because of that, we’re always confident and known that while we’re at home in our bodies, we are distanced from the master,

OET-LV CO2 5:6

6 Therefore having _confidence always, and having _known that being _at _home in the body, we _are _being _absent from the master,

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