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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #3621 - οἰκονομέω

Transliteration

oikonoméō

Phonetics

oy-kon-om-eh'-o

Origin

from (G3623)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to be a steward
to manage the affairs of a household
to manage, dispense, order, regulate

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3557 ‑ כּוּל (kool);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Luke 1

BSB (1)

Luke 1

CSB (1)

Luke 1

ESV (1)

Luke 1

KJV (1)

Luke 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Luke 1

N95 (1)

Luke 1

NAS (1)

Luke 1

NLT (2)

Luke 2

Acts 1

WEB (1)

Luke 1

YLT (1)

Luke 1

ASV (1)

steward 1

BSB (1)

be manager 1

CSB (1)

manager 1

ESV (1)

manager 1

KJV (1)

steward 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

steward 1

N95 (1)

manager 1

NAS (1)

manager 1

NLT (2)

builders 1

fired 1

WEB (1)

manager 1

YLT (1)

be steward 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-PAN 1

ANT

V-PAN 1

BEZ

V-PAN- 1

BGB

V-PAN 1

BMT

V-PAN 1

BYZ

V-PAN 1

ELZ

N-GPM 1

V-PAN 1

NA26

V-PAN 1

SBL

V-PAN 1

SCV

V-PAN 1

STV

V-PAN 1

TIS

V-PAN 1

TRG

V-PAN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

οἰκονομ-έω,

1. manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, θαλάμους πατρός S. El. 190 (lyr.); τὴν οἰκίαν Pl. Ly. 209d; τὰ ἴδια X. Mem. 3.4.12, etc.; τὸν ἴδιον βίον Euphro 4; ταῦτα (i.e. meats) Alex. 110.20; ὄχλον Com.Adesp. 119: — Med., Arist. Oec. 1343a23: c. dat., ἄνθρωπος.. μεγίστοις -εῖται πράγμασιν Men. 531.14.

2. dispense, Pl. Phdr. 256e; disburse, SIG 667.20 (Athens, ii B. C.).

3. treat a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ Ps.-Democr. Alch. p.44 B.: metaph., of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ. treat, handle, Arist. Po. 1453a29; so (in Med.) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην Luc. Hist.Conscr. 51: — Pass., τὰ σκέμματα.. ᾠκονομήσθω Phld. D. 3.8.

4. of public officers, administer, Plb. 4.26.6, 4.67.9: — Pass., πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη Arist. Pol. 1288a34.

II intr., to be a house-steward, Luke 16:2.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

οἰκονομέω, ὀικονόμω; (οἰκονόμος); to be a steward; to manage the affairs of a household: absolutely, Luke 16:2. (Univ. to manage, dispense, order, regulate: Sophocles, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, others; 2 Macc. 3:14.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

οἰκονομέω , -ῶ

(<οἰκονόμος ),

[in LXX: Psalms 112:5 (H3557 pilp.), 2 Maccabees 3:14*;]

to manage as house-steward, be a steward: absol., Luke 16:2; hence, generally (see οἰκονομία ), to manage, regulate, arrange (cl., 2Mac, Lc., 3 Maccabees 3:2 R).†

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

For this adj. = ";belonging to the morning,"; ";early,"; which is read in the TR of Luke 24:22, cf. BGU IV. 1208.25 (B.C. 27–6) ἵνα δὲ εἰδῇς τὸ ὄρθριον τοῦ ἀνθρώ (που), πέπομφά σοι ἣν τέθειται μίσθωσιν, where the editor suggests that τὸ ὄρθριον = ";his morning greeting,"; ";his first deed."; The comparative is seen in P Par 49.20 (B.C. 164–158) (= Witkowski.2, p. 70) καὶ ἀπέλυσα εἴπας αὐτῶι ὀρθρίτερον ἐλθεῖν, BGU IV. 1201.4 (A.D. 2) ο ̣̔̓ρ ̣θ ̣ρ ̣ι ̣τερον τ ̣ῆ ̣ς ̣ . . . [το ]υ ̣̑ ἐν [ε ]στῶτος μηνὸς Παῦνει, and P Strass I. 37.14 (iii/A.D.) ὀρθρέτερον ο ̣ὖν [. . .], ";recht bald nun. . ."; (Ed.).

List of Word Forms

οικονομειν οικονομείν οἰκονομεῖν οικονομήσει oikonomein oikonomeîn