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Strong's #3623 - οἰκονόμος
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οἰκόνομ-ος, ὁ, ἡ,
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1. one who manages a household, = cross οἰκοδεσπότης, X. Oec. 1.2, Pl. R. 417a, etc.; steward of an estate, Ζήνωνι τῷ οἰ. PCair.Zen. 48.2 (iii B.C.); house-steward, being a slave, IG 5(1).40, 1235, IGRom. 4.1699, TAM 2.518 (Pinara), prob. in BCH 52.413: metaph., οἰ. ἡδονῆς Alcid. ap. Arist. Rh. 1406a27.
2. generally, manager, administrator, opp. τύραννος, Id. Pol. 1314b7, etc.: hence, title of a subordinate state official, IG 5(2).389.15 (Lusi, iv/iii B. C.); also of a high financial officer, Inscr.Prien. 6.30 (iv B. C.), BMus.Inscr. 448.7 (Ephesus, iv B. C.); under a monarch, OGI 225.37 (iii B. C.); in Egypt, ORLaws 3.3, 5.6, al. (iii B. C.), PTeb. 39.11 (ii B. C.), etc.; in charge of the Serapeum, UPZ 56.7 (ii B. C., pl.); οἱ Καίσαρος οἰ., = Lat. procuratores Caesaris, Luc. Alex. 39; θεοῦ οἰ. minister of God, Titus 1:7; 1 Corinthians 4:1.
II as fem., housekeeper, housewife, Phoc. 3.7, Lys. 1.7: Metaph., A. Ag. 155.
οἰκονόμος , -ου , ὁ
(< οἶκος + νέμω , to manage),
[in LXX chiefly for H5921;]
1. prop., the manager of a household or estate, a house- or land-steward (usually a slave or freedman): Luke 12:42; Luke 16:1; Luke 16:3; Luke 16:8, 1 Corinthians 4:2, Galatians 4:2; ὀ οἰ . τ . πόλεως (RV, treasurer; cf. 1 Esdras 4:49), Romans 16:23.
2. Metaph. (in wider sense; cf. οἰκονομία ), an administrator, a steward: of Christian ministers, 1 Corinthians 4:1, Titus 1:7; of Christians generally, 1 Peter 4:10.†
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In P Petr III. 56 (b.).10 (B.C. 269–258) an official swears that he will manage affairs in connexion with the dykes uprightly and justly—τὰ χωματικὰ πραγματεύσεσθαι ὀρθῶς καὶ δικαίως. Cf. P Eleph 9.3 (B.C. 223–222) ο ̣ὐ ̣κ ̣ ὀρθῶς ̣ ο ̣ὖ ̣ν ̣ ποιεῖς ἀ [ναβαλόμενος τὰ π ]ράγματα, and P Ryl II. 177.14 (A.D. 246) περὶ δὲ τοῦ ὀρθῶς καλῶς [γεγενῆσθαι, ";but as to whether this has been rightly and fairly done.";
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