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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 - “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:1 - And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:5 - Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him[fn] all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - “men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:28 - Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:6 - But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These 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 appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:27 - “So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana may be despised and her magnificence destroyed,[fn] whom all Asia and the world worship.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:5 - “For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:18 - But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed:

“Their sound has gone out to all the earth,
And their words to the ends of the world.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:6 - But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says:

“Let all the angels of God worship Him.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:5 - For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10 - “Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and[fn] of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
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