οἶκος

οἴκου, ὁ (cf. Latinvicus, English ending -wich; Curtius, § 95), from Homer down; the Sept. in numberless places for בַּיִת, also for הֵיכַל, a palace, אֹהֶל, a tent, etc.;
1. a house;
a. strictly, an inhabited house (differing thus from δόμος the building): Acts 2:2; Acts 19:16; τίνος, Mt 9:6; Mk 2:11; Mk 5:38; Lk 1:23, Lk 1:40, Lk 1:56; Lk 8:39, Lk 8:41, etc.; ἔρχεσθαι εἰς οἶκον, to come into a house (domurn venire), Mk 3:20 (19); εἰς τόν οἶκον, into the (i. e. his or their) house, home, Lk 7:10; Lk 15:6; ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, in the (her) house, Jn 11:20; ἐν οἴκῳ, at home, 1 Cor 11:34; 1 Cor 14:35; οἱ εἰς τόν οἶκον(see εἰς, C. 2), Lk 9:61; κατ' οἶκον, opposed to ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, in a household assembly, in private (R. V. at home; see κατά, II. 1 d.), Acts 2:46; Acts 5:42; κατ' οἴκους, opposed to δημοσίᾳ, in private houses (A. V. from house to house; see κατά, II. 3 a.), Acts 20:20; κατά τούς οἴκους εἰσπορευόμενος, entering house after house, Acts 8:3; ἡ κατ' οἶκον τίνος ἐκκλησία, see ἐκκλησία, 4 b. aa.
b. any building whatever: ἐμπορίου, Jn 2:16; προσευχῆς, Mt 21:13; Mk 11:17; Lk 19:46; τοῦ βασιλέως, τοῦ ἀρχιερέως, the palace of etc., Mt 11:8; Lk 22:54 (here T Tr WH οἰκία); τοῦ Θεοῦ, the house where God was regarded as present — of the tabernacle, Mt 12:4; Mk 2:26; Lk 6:4; of the temple at Jerusalem, Mt 21:13; Mk 11:17; Lk 19:46; Jn 2:16f, (Isa 56:5, Isa 56:7); cf. Lk 11:51; Acts 7:47, Acts 7:49; of the heavenly sanctuary, Heb 10:21 (οἶκος ἅγιος Θεοῦ, of heaven, Deut 26:15; Baruch 2:16); a body of Christians (a church), as pervaded by the Spirit and power of God, is called οἶκος πνευματικός, 1 Pet 2:5.
c. any dwelling-place: of the human body as the abode of demons that possess it, Mt 12:44; Lk 11:24; (used in Greek authors also of tents and huts, and later, of the nests, stalls, lairs, of animals). universally, the place where one has fixed his residence, one's settled abode, domicile: οἶκος ὑμῶν, of the city of Jerusalem, Mt 23:38; Lk 13:35.
2. by metonymy, the inmates of a house, all the persons forming one family, a household: Lk 10:5; Lk 11:17 (al: refer this to 1, and take ἐπί either locally (see ἐπί, C. I. 1), or of succession (see ἐπί, C. I. 2 c.)); ; Acts 7:10; Acts 10:2; Acts 11:14; Acts 16:31; Acts 18:8; 1 Cor 1:16; 1 Tim 3:4; 1 Tim 5:4; 2 Tim 1:16; 2 Tim 4:19; Heb 11:7; plural, 1 Tim 3:12; Tit 1:11 (so also Gen 7:1; Gen 47:12, and often in Greek authors); metaphorically, and in a theocratic sense ὁ οἶκος τοῦ Θεοῦ, the family of God, of the Christian church, 1 Tim 3:15; 1 Pet 4:17; of the church of the Old and New Testament, Heb 3:2, Heb 3:5f (Num 12:7).
3. stock, race, descendants of one (A. V. house): ὁ οἶκος Δαυίδ, Lk 1:27, Lk 1:69; Lk 2:4 (1 Kgs 12:16); οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, Mt 10:6; Mt 15:24; Lk 1:33; Acts 2:36; Acts 7:42; ((ὁ οἶκος Ἰακώβ), 46 L T Tr marginal reading); Heb 8:8, Heb 8:10 (Jeremiah 38:31; Ex 6:14; Ex 12:3; Ex 19:3; 1 Sam 2:30; (cf. ὁ σεβαστός οἶκος, Philo in Flac. § 4)). The word is not found in the Apocalypse. [SYNONYMS: οἶκος, οἰκία: in Attic (and especially legal) usage, οἶκος denotes one's household establishment, one's entire property, οἰκία, the dwelling itself; and in prose οἶκος is not used in the sense of οἰκία. In the sense of family οἶκος and οἰκία are alike employed; Schmidt vol. ii., chapter 80. In relation to distinctions (real or supposed) between οἶκος and οἰκία the following passages are of interest (cf. Valckenaer on Herodotus 7, 224): Xenophon, oecon. 1, 5 οἶκος δέ δή τί δοκεῖ ἡμῖν κειναι; ἄρα ὅπερ οἰκία, ἤ καί ὅσα τίς ἔξω τῆς οἰκίας κέκτηται, πάντα τοῦ οἴκου ταῦτα ἐστιν... πάντα τοῦ ὀκου εἶναι ὅσα τίς κέκτηται. Aristotle, polit. 1, 2, p. 1252{b}, 9ff, ἐκ μέν οὖν τούτων τῶν δύο κοινωνιων (viz. of a man with wife and servant) οἰκία πρώτη, καί ὀρθῶς ἡσιοδος εἶπε ποιήσας "οἶκον μέν prootista] γυναῖκα τέ βοῦν τ' ἀροτηρα."... ἡ μέν οὖν εἰς πᾶσαν ἡμέραν συνεστηκυια κοινωνία κατά φύσιν οἶκος ἐστιν. ibid. 3, p. 1253{b}, 2ff, πᾶσα πόλις ἐκ οἰκιῶν σύγκειται. οἰκίας δέ μέρη, ἐκ ὧν αὖθις οἰκία συνισταται. οἰκία δέ τέλειος ἐκ δούλων καί ἐλευθέρων... πρῶτα δέ καί ἐλάχιστα μέρη οἰκίας δεσπότης καί δοῦλος καί πόσις καί ἄλοχος. πατήρ καί τέκνα, etc. Plutarch, de audiend. poetis § 6 καί γάρ οἶκον πότε μέν τήν οἰκίαν καλοῦσιν, "οἶκον ἐς ὑψοροφον." πότε δέ τήν οὐσίαν, "ἐσθίεται μοι οἶκος." (see οἰκία, c.) Hesychius' Lexicon, under the words οἰκία, οἶκοι, under the word οἶκος. ὀλίγη οἰκία... καί μέρος τί τῆς οἰκίας... καί τά ἐν τῇ οἰκία. In the N. T., although the words appear at times to be used with some discrimination (e. g. Lk 10:5, Lk 10:6, Lk 10:7; Acts 16:31, Acts 16:32, Acts 16:34; cf. Jn 14:2), yet other passages seem to show that no distinction can be insisted upon: e. g. Mt 9:23; Mk 5:38; Lk 7:36, Lk 7:37; Acts 10:17,(Acts 10:22, Acts 10:32); Acts 17:5; Acts 19:16; Acts 21:8; Acts 11:11, Acts 11:12, Acts 11:13, Acts 16:15; (1 Cor 1:16; 1 Cor 16:15).]