οἰκοδεσποτέω
oikodespotéō · G3616 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to direct a household, to manage a home
To command and give leadership to a household
Examples1 Timothy 5:14 Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and give the enemy no opportunity for reproach;
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- προΐστημι proḯstēmi · G4291 · to guide, to direct, to lead
- προΐστημι is used in the NT specifically of managing or presiding over one's household (1 Tim 3:4-5, 12), making it a close functional synonym to οἰκοδεσποτέω in denoting household leadership and management.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To direct a household, to manage a home46.2
- Instructing on younger widows, 1 Timothy 5:14 states “I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and give the enemy no opportunity for reproach,” where “manage their households” renders this verb.
Word family 35 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀικοδεσπότω; (οἰκοδεσπότης); to be master (or head) of a house; to rule a household,…
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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