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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 10 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:42 - And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:1 - And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:3 - And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:8 - And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:23 - Gaius my host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the treasurer of the city saluteth you, and Quartus the brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:1 - Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:2 - Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:2 - but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:7 - For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:10 - according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
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