οἰκουμένη oikoumenē · G3625

world

οἰκουμένη, -ης, ἡ; (fern. Pres. pass. ptcp. of οἰκέω; sc. γῆ) [in LXX chiefly for תֵּבֵל, אֶרֶץ ; ] ; the inhabited earth; (a) in cl., the countries occupied by Greeks, as disting. from barbarian lands (Hdt., Dem., al.); (b) in later writers, the Roman world: Luk.2:1, Act.11:28 24:5; by meton., of its inhabitants : Act.17:6 19:27; (with) in LXX (Psa.23:1 71:8, al.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Mat.24:14, Luk.4:5 21:26, Rom.10:18, Heb.1:6, Rev.3:10 16:14; by meton. (ut supr.), Act.17:31, Rev.12:9; (d) of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα = ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων: Heb.2:5.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

οἰκουμέν-η ; (i.e. γῆ), ἡ, inhabited region, see at {οἰκέω} []; then the Greek world, opposed to barbarian lands, [] = the inhabited world (including non-Greek lands, as Ethiopia, India, Scythia), as opposed to possibly uninhabited regions,[] = our world (= Asia, Libya, Europe); οἰκουμέναι worlds,[]; loosely, the whole world, []: so perhaps in some passages cited under []; II the Roman world, ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων (etc.) τῆς οἰ., i.e. the Emperor, []; III ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα the world to come, i.e. the …

Where it's used 16 times

Matthew 24:14 · Luke 2:1 · Luke 4:5 · Luke 21:26 · Acts 11:28 · Acts 17:6 · Acts 17:31 · Acts 19:27 · Acts 24:5 · Romans 10:18 · Hebrews 1:6 · Hebrews 2:5 · Revelation 3:10 · Revelation 12:9 · Revelation 16:14 · Revelation 20:2

Source: TBESG G3625; TFLSJ G3625

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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