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Lexicon :: Strong's G3625 - oikoumenē

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οἰκουμένη
Transliteration
oikoumenē (Key)
Pronunciation
oy-kou-men'-ay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine participle present passive of οἰκέω (G3611) (as noun, by implication of γῆ (G1093))
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:157,674

Strong’s Definitions

οἰκουμένη oikouménē, oy-kou-men'-ay; feminine participle present passive of G3611 (as noun, by implication, of G1093); land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire:—earth, world.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G3625 in the following manner: world (14x), earth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G3625 in the following manner: world (14x), earth (1x).

  1. the inhabited earth

    1. the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians

    2. the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire

    3. the whole inhabited earth, the world

    4. the inhabitants of the earth, men

  2. the universe, the world

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οἰκουμένη oikouménē, oy-kou-men'-ay; feminine participle present passive of G3611 (as noun, by implication, of G1093); land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire:—earth, world.
STRONGS G3625:
οἰκουμένη, οἰκουμένης, ἡ (feminine of the present passive participle from οἰκέω (namely, γῆ; cf. Winers Grammar, § 64, 5; Buttmann, § 123, 8));
1. the inhabited earth;
a. in Greek writings often the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians, cf. Passow, ii., p. 415a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I.).
b. in the Greek authors who wrote about Roman affairs (like the Latinorbis terrarum) equivalent to the Roman empire: so πᾶσα ἡ οἰκουμένη contextually equivalent to all the subjects of this empire, Luke 2:1.
c. the whole inhabited earth, the world (so in (Hyperides, Eux. 42 (probably Liddell and Scott)) the Sept. for תֵּבֵל and אֶרֶץ): Luke 4:5; Luke 21:26; Acts 24:5; Romans 10:18; Revelation 16:14; Hebrews 1:6 (πᾶσα ἡ οἰκουμένη, Josephus, b. j. 7, 3, 3); ὅλῃ ἡ οἰκουμένη, Matthew 24:14; Acts 11:28 (in the same sense Josephus, Antiquities 8, 13, 4 πᾶσα ἡ οἰκουμένη; cf. Bleek, Erklär. d. drei ersten Evv. i., p. 68); by metonymy, the inhabitants of the earth, men: Acts 17:6, 31 (Psalm 9:9); Acts 19:27; ἡ οἰκουμένη ὅλῃ, all mankind, Revelation 3:10; Revelation 12:9.
2. the universe, the world: Wis. 1:7 (alternating there with τά πάντα); ἡ οἰκουμένη μελλουσα, that consummate state of all things which will exist after Christ's return from heaven, Hebrews 2:5 (where the word alternates with πάντα and τά πάντα, Hebrews 2:8, which there is taken in an absolute sense).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
9:9
Matthew
24:14
Luke
2:1; 4:5; 21:26
Acts
11:28; 17:6; 17:31; 19:27; 24:5
Romans
10:18
Hebrews
1:6; 2:5; 2:8
Revelation
3:10; 12:9; 16:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3625 matches the Greek οἰκουμένη (oikoumenē),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - “This good news of the kingdom [the gospel] will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end [of the age] will come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:1 -

Now in those days a decree went out from [the emperor] [fn]Caesar Augustus, that all the inhabited world (the Roman Empire) should be [fn]registered [in a census].

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:5 -

Then he led Jesus up [to a high mountain] and displayed before Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth [and their magnificence] in the twinkling of an eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - people fainting from fear and expectation of the [dreadful] things coming on the world; for the [very] powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:28 - One of them named Agabus stood up and prophesied through the [Holy] Spirit that a severe famine would come on the [fn]entire world. And this did happen during the reign of [fn]Claudius.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:6 - But when they failed to find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:31 - because He has set a day when He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed and destined for that task, and He has provided credible proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:27 - “Not only is there danger that this trade of ours will be discredited, but also that the [magnificent] [fn]temple of the great goddess [fn]Artemis will be discredited, and that she whom all Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned and lose her glorious magnificence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:5 - “For we have found this man to be a public menace and one who [fn]instigates dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the [heretical] [fn]sect of the Nazarenes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:18 -

But I say, did they not hear? Indeed they have;

“THEIR VOICE [that of creation bearing God’s message] HAS GONE OUT TO ALL THE EARTH,

AND THEIR WORDS TO THE [farthest] ENDS OF THE WORLD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:6 -

[fn]And when He again brings the firstborn [highest-ranking Son] into the world, He says,

“AND ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD ARE TO WORSHIP HIM.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:5 -

It was not to angels that God subjected the [inhabited] world of the future [when Christ reigns], about which we are speaking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10 - ‘Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere], I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the [fn]devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - for they are [actually] the spirits of demons, performing [miraculous] signs. And they go out to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
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