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Steward, Stewardship
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or primarily denoted "the manager of a household or estate" (oikos, "a house," nemo, "to arrange"), "a steward" (such were usually slaves or freedmen), Luke 12:42; 16:1,3,8; 1 Corinthians 4:2; Galatians 4:2 , RV (AV, "governors"); in Romans 16:23 , the "treasurer" (RV) of a city (see CHAMBERLAIN , Note); it is used metaphorically, in the wider sense, of a "steward" in general, (a) of preachers of the Gospel and teachers of the Word of God, 1 Corinthians 4:1; (b) of elders or bishops in churches, Titus 1:7; (c) of believers generally, 1 Peter 4:10 .
is rendered "steward" in Matthew 20:8; Luke 8:3 : see GUARDIAN.
is rendered "stewardship" in Luke 16:2,3,4 , and in the RV in 1 Corinthians 9:17 : see DISPENSATION.
akin to A, Nos. 1 and 3, signifies "to be a house steward," Luke 16:2 . In the Sept., Psalm 112:5 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Steward, Stewardship'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/steward-stewardship.html. 1940.
