Category:Habitation

Hab`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F. habitation, L. habi(atio.]

1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. Denham.

2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. The Lord. . . blesseth the habitation of the just. Proverbs 3:33.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Habitation - God is the habitation of His people, who find rest and safety in Him (Psalms 71:3; Psalms 91:9). Justice and judgment are the inhabitation of God's throne (Psalms 89:14, Heb. mekhon, "foundation"), because all His acts are founded on justice and judgment. (See Psalms 132:5, Psalms 132:13; Ephesians 2:22, of Canaan, Jerusalem, and the temple as God's habitation.) God inhabits eternity (Isaiah 57:15), i.e., dwells not only among men, but in eternity, where time is unknown; and "the praises of Israel" (Psalms 22:3), i.e., he dwells among those praises and is continually surrounded by them.