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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3622 - οἰκονομία

Transliteration

oikonomía

Phonetics

oy-kon-om-ee'-ah

Origin

from (G3623)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

5:151,674

Definition

Thayer's

the management of a household or of household affairs
1. specifically, the management, oversight, administration, of other's property
2. the office of a manager or overseer, stewardship
3. administration, dispensation

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4475 ‑ מֶמְשָׁלָה (mem‑shaw‑law'); 4673 ‑ מַצָּב (mats‑tsawb');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (7)

Luke

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Colossians

NAS (9)

Luke

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Timothy

HCS (9)

Luke

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Timothy

BSB (9)

Luke

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Timothy

ESV (7)

Luke

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Colossians

WEB (7)

Luke

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Colossians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

οἰκονομ-ία, ἡ,

1. management of a household or family, husbandry, thrift, Pl. Ap. 36b, R. 498a, X. Oec. 1.1, Arist. EN 1141b32, Pol. 1253b2 sqq.: pl., Pl. R. 407b; households, Arist. GA 744b18.

2. generally, direction, regulation, Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.29U.; esp. of a State, administration, αἱ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν οἰ. Din. 1.97; principles of government, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.338; τῶν γεγονότων Plb. 1.4.3, al.; πολιτικὴ οἰ. Phld. Rh. 2.32 S.; ἡ τῆς ἀρχῆς οἰ. Hdn. 6.1.1; of a fund, SIG 577.9 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.).

3. arrangement, ἡ περὶ τὸν νοσέοντα οἰ. Hp. Epid. 6.2.24; ἡ περὶ τῶν ὠνίων οἰ. market, fair, SIG 695.35 (Magn. Mae.); οἰκονομίαι proceedings, IG 9(1).226 (Drymaea); τίνα οἰκονομίαν προσαγήγοχας what steps you have taken, PCair.Zen. 240.10 (iii B. C.); αὕτη φύσεως οἰ. Plb. 6.9.10; of a literary work, arrangement, ἡ κατὰ μέρος οἰ. D.S. 5.1, cf. D.H. Pomp. 4, Comp. 25, Sch. Od. 1.328: pl., Plu. 2.142a.

4. in Egypt, office of οἰκονόμος, PTeb. 24.62 (ii B.C.), al.

5. stewardship, LXX Isaiah 22:19, Luke 16:2.

6. plan, dispensation, Ephesians 1:10, Ephesians 3:2.

7. in bad sense, scheming, M.Ant. 4.51.

II public revenue of a state, BMus.Inscr. 897.14, al. (Halic., iii B.C.).

III transaction, contract, or legal instrument, CPR 4.1 (i A. D.), BGU 457.10 (ii A. D.), etc. magical operation or process, PMag.Par. 1.161,292,2009.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

οἰκονομία , -ας , ἡ

(< οἰκονομέω ),

[in LXX: Isaiah 22:19; Isaiah 22:21 (H4673, H4475)*;]

1. prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος , stewardship: Luke 16:2-4.

2. In later writers (Plut., al.; v. AR on Ephesians 1:10; MM, xviii), generally, administration, dispensation: 1 Corinthians 9:17, Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 3:2; Ephesians 3:9, Colossians 1:25, 1 Timothy 1:4.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Fay 108.10 (c. A.D. 171) ὑπὸ τὸν ὄρθρον, ";about dawn,"; the same phrase as in Acts 5:21 : cf. P Flor III. 305.11 (iv/A.D.) ὄρθρου, ";di buon mattino"; (Ed.).

List of Word Forms

οικονομια οἰκονομία οικονομιαν οικονομίαν οἰκονομίαν οικονομιας οικονομίας οἰκονομίας oikonomia oikonomía oikonomian oikonomían oikonomias oikonomías

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