Greek noun (feminine) · G3622
οἰκονομία
oikonomiaoy-kon-om-ee'-ah
prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος; In later writers (Plut., al.
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: oikonomía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3622is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3622
administration (of a household or estate); specially, a (religious) "economy"
The King James renders it: dispensation, stewardship.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
oikonomia is rendered "prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος; In later writers (Plut., al.". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 16:2So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
Luke 16:2οἰκονομίας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος, and In later writers (Plut., al..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμοςstewardship | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 16:2So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your… |
| In later writers (Plut., al.see AR on Eph.1:10; MM | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 9:17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| οἶκος | oikos | house: household | Uses112 |
| οἰκοδομέω | oikodomeo | to build | Uses40 |
| οἰκοδομή | oikodome | building | Uses18 |
| οἰκουμένη | oikoumene | world | Uses15 |
| οἰκοδεσπότης | oikodespotes | householder | Uses12 |
| οἰκονόμος | oikonomos | manager | Uses10 |
| οἰκονομέω | oikonomeo | to manage | Uses1 |
| οἰκοδεσποτέω | oikodespoteo | to manage a house | Uses1 |
| οἰκουρός | oikouros | busy at home | Usesnot recorded |
| οἰκοδομία | oikodomia | edification | Usesnot recorded |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- οἰκονομίαν6
- οἰκονομίας2
- οἰκονομία1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular6N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Luke
three uses
So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
- οἰκονομίαςoikonomiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: stewardship
The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.
- οἰκονομίανoikonomiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: management
I know what I will do, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
- οἰκονομίαςoikonomiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: management
1 Corinthians
one use
If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
- οἰκονομίανoikonomiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a stewardship
Ephesians
three uses
as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
- οἰκονομίανoikonomiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: administration
Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
- οἰκονομίανoikonomiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: administration
and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
- οἰκονομίαoikonomianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: administration
Colossians
one use
I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
- οἰκονομίανoikonomiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: administration
1 Timothy
one use
or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
- οἰκονομίανoikonomiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: stewardship
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.