οἰκονομία
oikonomía · G3622 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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task, commission, responsibility
A task involving management and organization
Examples1 Corinthians 9:17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a commission nonetheless.
Colossians 1:25 I was made a minister of this church according to the commission from God granted to me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,
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purpose, scheme, plan, arrangement
A plan which involves a set of arrangements (referring in the NT to God’s plan for bringing salvation to mankind within the course of history)
ExamplesEphesians 1:10 regarding His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.
Ephesians 3:2 if indeed you have heard of the administration of God’s grace which was given to me for you;
Ephesians 3:9 and to enlighten all people as to what the plan of the mystery is which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things;
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to manage a household, to run a household, to be in charge of a household
To manage and provide for a household
ExamplesLuke 16:2 “And he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
Luke 16:3 “And the manager said to himself, ‘What am I to do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
Luke 16:4 ‘I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- θεόςGod 2
- μυστήριονsecret, mystery 1
- πλήρωμαfullness, that which fills 1
- σύyou 1
- χάριςgrace, favor, thanks 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 4 groups
- γενεαλογίαgenealogy 1
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
- μῦθοςlegend 1
- πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἀκούωto hear 1
- πιστεύωto believe 1
- ἀφαιρέωto put away 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- εἰςto 2
- ἐκfrom 2
- κατάaccording to, against, down 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λόγοςword, saying, message 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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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Purpose, scheme, plan, arrangement30.68
- Describing God's redemptive purpose, Ephesians 1:10 states this concerns “His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ,” where “plan” renders this noun for a devised arrangement.
- Task, commission, responsibility42.25
- Describing his obligation to preach, 1 Corinthians 9:17 states “if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a commission nonetheless,” where “a commission” renders this same noun, here of an assigned responsibility.
- To manage a household, to run a household, to be in charge of a household46.1
- In the parable of the unjust steward, Luke 16:2 states the master said, “Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager,” where “your management” renders this same noun, here of the household duties themselves.
Word family 35 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon οἰκονομίας, ἡ (οἰκονομέω), from Xenophon, and Plato down, "the management of a household…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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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