Strong G3610οἰκέτης
slave
- Transliteration
- oiketēs
- Pronunciation
- oy-ket'-ace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G3611; a fellow resident that is menial domestic: - (household) servant.
Detailed definition
οἰκέτης, -ου, ὁ
(οἰκέω), [in LXX for עֶבֶד;]
a house-servant: Luk.16:13, Rom.14:4; pl., Act.10:7, 1Pe.2:18 (In Plat., Hdt., Sir.4:30 6:11, the pl. includes all the inmates of the house, the familia, οἰκετεία.)†
SYN.. see: διάκονος (AS)
(οἰκέω), [in LXX for עֶבֶד;]
a house-servant: Luk.16:13, Rom.14:4; pl., Act.10:7, 1Pe.2:18 (In Plat., Hdt., Sir.4:30 6:11, the pl. includes all the inmates of the house, the familia, οἰκετεία.)†
SYN.. see: διάκονος (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3610 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- servant4
- servants1
First verses
- Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Acts 10:7And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
- Romans 14:4Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
- Philemon 1:25The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.
- 1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
οἰκέτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
(οἶκος) household slave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 737, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137, 7.170, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.30, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4; δημόσιος οἰ. τῆς πόλεως 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.54.)]
2 οἱ οἰκέται also, ={οἰκετεία}, household, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 732 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.4, 106, 142, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 908, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.2: hence opposed to δοῦλοι, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 763a, 777a, 853e; διαφέρειν φησὶ Χρύσιππος δοῦλον οἰκέτου, διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἀπελευθέρους μὲν δούλους ἔτι εἶναι, οἰκέτας δὲ τοὺς μὴ τῆς κτήσεως ἀφειμένους “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.86: but frequently synonymous with δοῦλος, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1252b12, +others, “PLille” 29.2 (3rd c.BC), “IG” 5(1).1390.77 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]; δοῦλος μεῖζον οἰκέτου φρονῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 796.)]
II as epithet of Apollo, ἱερέως.. Καρνείου Βοικέτα [Β = ϝ] [Refs (“IG” 5(1).497, compare 589,608 (from Sparta). (Cf. οἰκότης.))]
(οἶκος) household slave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 737, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.137, 7.170, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.30, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.4; δημόσιος οἰ. τῆς πόλεως 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.54.)]
2 οἱ οἰκέται also, ={οἰκετεία}, household, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 732 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.4, 106, 142, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 908, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.2: hence opposed to δοῦλοι, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 763a, 777a, 853e; διαφέρειν φησὶ Χρύσιππος δοῦλον οἰκέτου, διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἀπελευθέρους μὲν δούλους ἔτι εἶναι, οἰκέτας δὲ τοὺς μὴ τῆς κτήσεως ἀφειμένους “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.86: but frequently synonymous with δοῦλος, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1252b12, +others, “PLille” 29.2 (3rd c.BC), “IG” 5(1).1390.77 (Andania, 1st c.BC))]; δοῦλος μεῖζον οἰκέτου φρονῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 796.)]
II as epithet of Apollo, ἱερέως.. Καρνείου Βοικέτα [Β = ϝ] [Refs (“IG” 5(1).497, compare 589,608 (from Sparta). (Cf. οἰκότης.))]