οἰκονόμος
oikonómos · G3623 · Greek · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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manager of a household, steward
One who is in charge of running a household
ExamplesLuke 12:42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?
Luke 16:1 Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.
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.
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one who is in charge of, one who is responsible for, adminstrator, manager
One who has the authority and responsibility for something
Examples1 Corinthians 4:1 This is the way any person is to regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 4:2 In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.
Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be beyond reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not overindulging in wine, not a bully, not greedy for money,
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city treasurer
(An idiom, literally: manager of a city) One who is in charge of the finances of a city
ExamplesRomans 16:23 Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, and Quartus, the brother.
How it’s used In 7 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
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- θεόςGod 1
- μυστήριονsecret, mystery 1
- πόλιςcity 1
- χάριςgrace, favor, thanks 1
- ἀδικίαunrighteousness, wrongdoing 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- καλόςgood 1
- πιστόςfaithful, trustworthy 1
- φρόνιμοςwise 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- Ἔραστοςbeloved 1
- καθίστημιto appoint, to put in charge 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔπωto say 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐπαινέωto praise 1
- ἔχωto have 1
- λογίζομαιto count, to reckon, to consider 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐνin 2
- ὑπόby, under 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
- One who is in charge of, one who is responsible for, adminstrator, manager37.39
- Describing apostolic ministry, 1 Corinthians 4:1 states “This is the way any person is to regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God,” where “stewards” renders this noun for one entrusted with responsibility over something.
- Manager of a household, steward46.4
- In the parable of the unjust steward, Luke 16:1 states “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions,” where “a manager” renders this same noun, here specifically of one placed over a household's affairs.
- City treasurer57.231
- Sending greetings from Corinth, Romans 16:23 states “Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you,” where “the city treasurer” renders this same noun, here in its specific civic sense of an official managing public funds.
Word family 35 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon οἰκονόμου, ὁ (οἶκος, νέμω (`to dispense, manage'); Hesychius ὁ τήν οἶκον νεμόμενος), the…
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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