Strong G3621οἰκονομέω
to manage
- Transliteration
- oikonomeō
- Pronunciation
- oy-kon-om-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3623; to manage (a house that is an estate): - be steward.
Detailed definition
οἰκονομέω, -ῶ
(οἰκονόμος), [in LXX: Psa.112:5 (כּוּל pilp.), 2Ma.3:14 *;]
to manage as house-steward, be a steward: absol., Luk.16:2; hence, generally (see: οἰκονομία), to manage, regulate, arrange (cl., 2Mac, Lc., 3Ma.3:2 R).†
(AS)
(οἰκονόμος), [in LXX: Psa.112:5 (כּוּל pilp.), 2Ma.3:14 *;]
to manage as house-steward, be a steward: absol., Luk.16:2; hence, generally (see: οἰκονομία), to manage, regulate, arrange (cl., 2Mac, Lc., 3Ma.3:2 R).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3621 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- steward1
First verses
- Luke 16:2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
οἰκονομ-έω,
manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, θαλάμους πατρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 190 (Lyric poetry); τὴν οἰκίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 209d; τὰ ἴδια 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.4.12, etc.; τὸν ἴδιον βίον 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 4)]; ταῦτα (i.e. meats) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 110.20; ὄχλον “Comica Adespota” 119)]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1343a23: with _dative_, ἄνθρωπος.. μεγίστοις -εῖται πράγμασιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.14.)]
2 dispense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256e)]; disburse, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 667.20 (Athens, 2nd c.BC).)]
3 treat a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.44 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]: metaphorically, of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ. treat, handle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1453a29)]; so (in middle) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 51)]:—passive, τὰ σκέμματα.. ᾠκονομήσθω [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.8.)]
4 of public officers, administer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.26.6, 4.67.9)]:—passive, πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1288a34.)]
II intransitive, to be a house-steward, [NT (NT.Luke.16.2.)]
manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, θαλάμους πατρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 190 (Lyric poetry); τὴν οἰκίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 209d; τὰ ἴδια 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.4.12, etc.; τὸν ἴδιον βίον 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 4)]; ταῦτα (i.e. meats) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 110.20; ὄχλον “Comica Adespota” 119)]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1343a23: with _dative_, ἄνθρωπος.. μεγίστοις -εῖται πράγμασιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.14.)]
2 dispense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256e)]; disburse, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 667.20 (Athens, 2nd c.BC).)]
3 treat a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.44 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]: metaphorically, of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ. treat, handle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1453a29)]; so (in middle) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 51)]:—passive, τὰ σκέμματα.. ᾠκονομήσθω [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.8.)]
4 of public officers, administer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.26.6, 4.67.9)]:—passive, πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1288a34.)]
II intransitive, to be a house-steward, [NT (NT.Luke.16.2.)]