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Lexicon :: Strong's G3623 - oikonomos

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οἰκονόμος
Transliteration
oikonomos (Key)
Pronunciation
oy-kon-om'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:149,674

Strong’s Definitions

οἰκονόμος oikonómos, oy-kon-om'-os; from G3624 and the base of G3551; a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel):—chamberlain, governor, steward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G3623 in the following manner: steward (8x), chamberlain (1x), governor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G3623 in the following manner: steward (8x), chamberlain (1x), governor (1x).

  1. the manager of household or of household affairs

    1. esp. a steward, manager, superintendent (whether free-born or as was usually the case, a freed-man or a slave) to whom the head of the house or proprietor has intrusted the management of his affairs, the care of receipts and expenditures, and the duty of dealing out the proper portion to every servant and even to the children not yet of age

    2. the manager of a farm or landed estate, an overseer

    3. the superintendent of the city's finances, the treasurer of a city (or of treasurers or quaestors of kings)

  2. metaph. the apostles and other Christian teachers and bishops and overseers

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οἰκονόμος oikonómos, oy-kon-om'-os; from G3624 and the base of G3551; a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel):—chamberlain, governor, steward.
STRONGS G3623:
οἰκονόμος, οἰκονόμου, ὁ (οἶκος, νέμω (`to dispense, manage'); Hesychius ὁ τήν οἶκον νεμόμενος), the manager of a household or of household affairs; especially a steward, manager, superintendent (whether free-born, or, as was usually the case, a freed-man or slave) to whom the head of the house or proprietor has intrusted the management of his affairs, the care of receipts and expenditures, and the duty of dealing out the proper portion to every servant and even to the children not yet of age: Luke 12:42; 1 Corinthians 4:2; Galatians 4:2; the manager of a farm or landed estate, an overseer (A. V. steward): Luke 16:1, 3, 8; ὁ οἰκονόμος τῆς πόλεως, the superintendent of the city's finances, the treasurer of the city (Vulg.arcarius civitatis): Romans 16:23 (of the treasurers or quaestors of kings, Esther 8:9; 1 Esdr. 4:49; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 4, 7; 11, 6, 12; 8, 6, 4). Metaphorically, the apostles and other Christian teachers (see οἰκονομία) are called οἰκονόμους μυστηρίων τοῦ Θεοῦ, as those to whom the counsels of God have been committed to be made known to men: 1 Corinthians 4:1; a bishop (or overseer) is called οἰκονόμος Θεοῦ, of God as the head and master of the Christian theocracy (see οἶκος, 2), Titus 1:7; and any and every Christian who rightly uses the gifts intrusted to him by God for the good of his brethren, belongs to the class called καλοί οἰκονόμοι ποικίλης χάριτος Θεοῦ, 1 Peter 4:10. (Aeschylus, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, others; for עַל־בַּיִת the Sept. 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 16:9, etc.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
4:6; 16:9
Esther
1; 8:9
Luke
12:42; 16:1; 16:3; 16:8
Romans
16:23
1 Corinthians
4:1; 4:2
Galatians
4:2
Titus
1:7
1 Peter
4:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3623 matches the Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonomos),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:6 - Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:3 - And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:18 - And when they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:37 - Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the leaders of fathers’ houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officers over the king’s work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:8 - And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - The king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:3 - And there came out to him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.
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