Greek noun (masculine) · G3623
οἰκονόμος
oikonomosoy-kon-om'-os
prop., the manager of a household or estate; Metaphorical (in wider sense
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: oikonómos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3623is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3623
a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel)
The King James renders it: chamberlain, governor, steward.
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
oikonomos is rendered "prop., the manager of a household or estate; Metaphorical (in wider sense". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop., the manager of a household or estate".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 12:42And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
Luke 12:42οἰκονόμος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's ten uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: prop., the manager of a household or estate, and Metaphorical (in wider sense.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop., the manager of a household or estatea house- or land-steward (usually a slave or freedman): Luk.12:42 16:1 | Tagged as
| WhereEsther 4:49 |
| Metaphorical (in wider sense | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Corinthians 4:1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. |
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 |
| οἰκονομία | oikonomia | management | Uses9 |
| 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 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- οἰκονόμον3
- οἰκονόμος3
- οἰκονόμους2
- οἰκονόμοι1
- οἰκονόμοις1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3N-ASM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3N-NSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural2N-APM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
Luke
four uses
And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
- οἰκονόμοςoikonomosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: manager
Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
- οἰκονόμονoikonomonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a manager
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.
- οἰκονόμοςoikonomosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: manager
The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
- οἰκονόμονoikonomonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: manager
Romans
one use
Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
- οἰκονόμοςoikonomosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: steward
1 Corinthians
two uses
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
- οἰκονόμουςoikonomousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: stewards
Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
- οἰκονόμοιςoikonomoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: stewards
Galatians
one use
He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
- οἰκονόμουςoikonomousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: trustees
Titus
one use
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
- οἰκονόμονoikonomonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: steward
1 Peter
one use
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
- οἰκονόμοιoikonomoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: stewards
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
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.