οἴκημα
oíkēma · G3612 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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room, quarters
A room or quarters where one may stay (normally a part of a house)
ExamplesActs 12:7 And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly stood near Peter, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off his hands.
How it’s used In 1 role
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After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 2
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Near synonyms 2 words
- φυλακή phylakḗ · G5438 · jail, prison, guard post
- φυλακή is the standard Greek word for 'prison' or 'jail' and is essentially synonymous with οἴκημα in its specialized prison sense, though φυλακή is far more common in the NT
- δεσμωτήριον desmōtḗrion · G1201 · jail, prison
- δεσμωτήριον specifically denotes a place of imprisonment or bondage and serves as a near synonym to οἴκημα in its jail/prison sense
In the other Testament 2 words
- כֶּלֶא keleʼ · H3608 · prison
- כֶּלֶא (kele') specifically means 'prison' or 'place of confinement' and is a direct Hebrew equivalent for οἴκημα when used in its sense of 'jail'
- מִשְׁמָר mishmâr · H4929 · custody, watch, guard
- מִשְׁמָר (mishmar) means 'place of custody' or 'prison' and serves as a Hebrew translation equivalent for οἴκημα in the sense of a jail or detention facility
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Room, quarters7.26
- Describing Peter's rescue, Acts 12:7 states “an angel of the Lord suddenly stood near Peter, and a light shone in the cell,” where “the cell” renders this noun for the small enclosed room Peter was confined to as a prisoner.
Word family 35 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀικηματος, τό, from (Pindar and) Herodotus down, a dwelling-place, habitation;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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