οἰκονομία oikonomia · G3622
management
οἰκονομία, -ας, ἡ; (οἰκονομέω), [in LXX: Isa.22:19, 21 (מַצָּב, מֶמְשָׁלָה)* ; ] ; 1. prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος, stewardship: Luk.16:2-4. ; 2. In later writers (Plut., al.; see AR on Eph.1:10; MM, xviii), generally, administration, dispensation: 1Co.9:17, Eph.1:10 3:2, 9, Col.1:25, 1Ti.1:4.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
οἰκονομ-ία, ἡ, ; management of a household or family, husbandry, thrift, []; households, []; 2 generally, direction, regulation, []; especially of a State, administration, αἱ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν οἰ. []; principles of government, []; of a fund, []; 3 arrangement, ἡ περὶ τὸν νοσέοντα οἰ. []; ἡ περὶ τῶν ὠνίων οἰ. market, fair, []proceedings, []; τίνα οἰκονομίαν προσαγήγοχας what steps you have taken, []; αὕτη φύσεως οἰ. []; of a literary work, arrangement, ἡ κατὰ μέρος οἰ. []; 4 in Egypt, office of …
Where it's used 9 times
Luke 16:2 · Luke 16:3 · Luke 16:4 · 1 Corinthians 9:17 · Ephesians 1:10 · Ephesians 3:2 · Ephesians 3:9 · Colossians 1:25 · 1 Timothy 1:4
Source: TBESG G3622; TFLSJ G3622
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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