Strong G3624G3624Gοἶκος
house: home
One of the 2 senses of Strong G3624
- Transliteration
- oikos
- Pronunciation
- oy'-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or less extensive literally or figuratively); by implication a family (more or less related literally or figuratively): - home house (-hold) temple.
Detailed definition
οἶκος, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for אֹהֶל,הֵכָל, etc.;]
1. prop., a house, dwelling: Act.2:2 19:16; with genitive poss., Mat.9:6, 7 Mrk.2:11, Luk.1:23, al.; with genitive attrib., ἐμπορίου, Jhn.2:16; προσευχῆς, Mat.21:13, al.; of a sanctuary (Hdt., Eur.): οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, of the tabernacle, Mat.12:4, al.; the temple, Mat.21:13, al.; metaphorically of a city: Mat.23:38, Luk.13:35; of the body, Mat.12:44, Luk.11:24; of Christians, 1Pe.2:5; ἐν οἴ (M, Pr., 81f.), at home, Mrk.2:1, 1Co.11:34 14:35; so κατ ̓ οἶκον, Act.2:46 5:42; οἱ εἰς (= οἱ ἐν; see: εἰς) τ. οἶ., Luk.7:10 15:6; κατ ̓οἴκους, from house to house, Act.8:3 20:20; εἰς (κατ ̓) οἶκον, with genitive (Bl., §46, 9), Mrk.8:3, Luk.14:1, Rom.16:5, al.
2. By meton., a house, household, family: Luk.10:5, Act.7:10, 1Co.1:16, 1Ti.3:4, 5 al.; of the Church, ὁ οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, 1Ti.3:15, Heb.3:2, 1Pe.4:17; of descendants, οἶ Ἰσραήλ (Δαυείδ, Ἰακώβ; Bl, §47, 9), Mat.10:6, Luk.1:27, 33 al. (cf. Exo.6:14, 1Ki.2:30, al.).
SYN.: see: οἰκία. (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for אֹהֶל,הֵכָל, etc.;]
1. prop., a house, dwelling: Act.2:2 19:16; with genitive poss., Mat.9:6, 7 Mrk.2:11, Luk.1:23, al.; with genitive attrib., ἐμπορίου, Jhn.2:16; προσευχῆς, Mat.21:13, al.; of a sanctuary (Hdt., Eur.): οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, of the tabernacle, Mat.12:4, al.; the temple, Mat.21:13, al.; metaphorically of a city: Mat.23:38, Luk.13:35; of the body, Mat.12:44, Luk.11:24; of Christians, 1Pe.2:5; ἐν οἴ (M, Pr., 81f.), at home, Mrk.2:1, 1Co.11:34 14:35; so κατ ̓ οἶκον, Act.2:46 5:42; οἱ εἰς (= οἱ ἐν; see: εἰς) τ. οἶ., Luk.7:10 15:6; κατ ̓οἴκους, from house to house, Act.8:3 20:20; εἰς (κατ ̓) οἶκον, with genitive (Bl., §46, 9), Mrk.8:3, Luk.14:1, Rom.16:5, al.
2. By meton., a house, household, family: Luk.10:5, Act.7:10, 1Co.1:16, 1Ti.3:4, 5 al.; of the Church, ὁ οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, 1Ti.3:15, Heb.3:2, 1Pe.4:17; of descendants, οἶ Ἰσραήλ (Δαυείδ, Ἰακώβ; Bl, §47, 9), Mat.10:6, Luk.1:27, 33 al. (cf. Exo.6:14, 1Ki.2:30, al.).
SYN.: see: οἰκία. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3624G appears in 69 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- house65
- home4
First verses
- Matthew 9:6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
- Matthew 9:7And he arose, and departed to his house.
- Matthew 11:8But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
- Matthew 12:4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
- Matthew 12:44Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
- Matthew 21:13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- Matthew 23:38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
- Mark 2:1And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
- Mark 2:11I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
- Mark 2:26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
- Mark 5:19Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
- Mark 5:38And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
- Mark 7:17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
- Mark 7:30And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
- Mark 8:3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
- Mark 8:26And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
- Mark 9:28And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
- Mark 11:17And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- Luke 1:23And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
- Luke 1:40And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
οἶκος, ὁ,
house, not only of built houses, but of any dwelling-place, as that of Achilles at Troy (see. κλισία), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.471, 572, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 65)]; of the Cyclops' cave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.478)]; of a tent, [LXX (LXX.Gen.31.33)]; οἶκον ἱκάνεται is coming home, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.7)]; εἰς or ἐς οἶκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 459, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 240; πρὸς οἶκον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 867, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1491, etc.; κατ᾽ οἶκον [prev. author] “El.” 929, etc.; κατ᾽ οἶκον ἐν δόμοις [prev. author] “Tr.” 689)]; οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 934; αἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον κακοπραγίαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; τἂν οἴκῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 579; ἐν οἴκῳ καθεύδειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4,8; οἱ ἐν οἴκῳ “PCair.Zen.” 93.10 (3rd c.BC); ἐξ οἴκου ἀποδημεῖν [prev. work] 44.23 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.87, compare 30, 108, 2.31, etc.)]; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου from home, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.99, etc.)]; compare οἰκία.
b frequently omitted after εἰς or ἐν, see at {εἰς} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1.4c, ἐν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.2.)]
2 room, chamber, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.356, 19.514, 598; οἶ. θερμός 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.164)]; dining-hall, ἑπτάκλινος οἶ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Comedy texts 66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.18)]; room in a temple, [Refs (“IG” 42(1).110 A 27, +others(Epid., _plural_): _plural_ οἶκοι)] frequently, = a single house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.417, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 230, 524, etc.)]; κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων domestic griefs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1554 (_anapaest meter_); ἀπ᾽ οἴκων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 762)]; ἐς or πρὸς οἴκους, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 311, 383)]; κατ᾽ οἴκους at home, within, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.79, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 65, 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.52.)]
3 of public buildings, meeting-house, hall, οἶ. Κηρύκων [Refs (“IG” 22.1672.24; Δεκελειῶν [prev. work] 1237.33;)] of treasuries at Delos, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“JHS” 25.310, +others, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {θησαυρό; ἐγκριτήριοι οἶ})]., see at {ἐγκριτήριος}; temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.1580 (from Aegina), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.143, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1373, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 600; οἶ. τεμένιος ἱερός “SIG” 987.3, compare 25 (Chios, 4th c.BC))]; ἐν τῷ οἴ. τοῦ Ἄμμωνος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 79.4 (2nd c.BC))]; ὁ οἶ. [τοῦ θεοῦ] [NT (NT.Matt.21.13, +others)]; of a funerary monument, [Refs (“BCH” 2.610 (from Cibyra), 18.11 (from Magnesia))]; ἀΐδιοι οἶ., i.e. tombs, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.51.)]
4 cage for birds, [Refs ([prev. author] 13.82)] (assuming variant, οἰκ[ίσκ]ῳ Valck.); beehive, [Refs (Gp. 15.2.22.)]
5 Astrology texts, domicile of a planet, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 1.98r. 12, +others(1st-2nd c.AD), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.7, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 7.25, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.141, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 162.2.)]
II one's household goods, substance [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (οἴκοθεν 2), οἶ. ἐμὸς διόλωλε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.64; ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶ. 4.318; καὶ οἶ. καὶ κλῆρος ἀκήρατος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.498; οἶκον δέ κ᾽ ἐγὼ καὶ κτήματα δοίην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.314, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53, 7.224, etc.)]: in Attic dialect law, estate, inheritance, οἶκον κατασχεῖν τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.15, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.93, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.4, etc.; οἶ. πέντε ταλάντων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.42)]; compare οἰκία.
III a reigning house, οἶ. ὁ βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31, compare 6.9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.41; Ἀγαμεμνονίων οἴκων ὄλεθρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 862 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 594 (Lyric poetry))]; also of any family, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.4, LXX.Gen.7.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.85)]; οἶ. Σεβαστός, = domus Augusta, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.520; οὐδενὸς οἴκου δεύτερον γενόμενον “IG” 42(1).84.32 (Epid., 1st c.AD); τοὺς πρώτους τᾶς πόλιος οἴκους [prev. work]86.15([prev. passage], 1st c.AD). (Orig. ϝοῖκος, compare ϝοίκω, οἰκία)]: cf. Sanskrit veśás, viś- 'house', Latin vicus, vicinus, etc.)
house, not only of built houses, but of any dwelling-place, as that of Achilles at Troy (see. κλισία), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.471, 572, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 65)]; of the Cyclops' cave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.478)]; of a tent, [LXX (LXX.Gen.31.33)]; οἶκον ἱκάνεται is coming home, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.7)]; εἰς or ἐς οἶκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 459, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 240; πρὸς οἶκον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 867, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1491, etc.; κατ᾽ οἶκον [prev. author] “El.” 929, etc.; κατ᾽ οἶκον ἐν δόμοις [prev. author] “Tr.” 689)]; οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 934; αἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον κακοπραγίαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; τἂν οἴκῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 579; ἐν οἴκῳ καθεύδειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4,8; οἱ ἐν οἴκῳ “PCair.Zen.” 93.10 (3rd c.BC); ἐξ οἴκου ἀποδημεῖν [prev. work] 44.23 (3rd c.BC))]; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.87, compare 30, 108, 2.31, etc.)]; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου from home, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.99, etc.)]; compare οἰκία.
b frequently omitted after εἰς or ἐν, see at {εἰς} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1.4c, ἐν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.2.)]
2 room, chamber, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.356, 19.514, 598; οἶ. θερμός 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.164)]; dining-hall, ἑπτάκλινος οἶ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Comedy texts 66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.18)]; room in a temple, [Refs (“IG” 42(1).110 A 27, +others(Epid., _plural_): _plural_ οἶκοι)] frequently, = a single house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.417, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 230, 524, etc.)]; κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων domestic griefs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1554 (_anapaest meter_); ἀπ᾽ οἴκων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 762)]; ἐς or πρὸς οἴκους, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 311, 383)]; κατ᾽ οἴκους at home, within, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.79, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 65, 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.52.)]
3 of public buildings, meeting-house, hall, οἶ. Κηρύκων [Refs (“IG” 22.1672.24; Δεκελειῶν [prev. work] 1237.33;)] of treasuries at Delos, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (“JHS” 25.310, +others, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {θησαυρό; ἐγκριτήριοι οἶ})]., see at {ἐγκριτήριος}; temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.1580 (from Aegina), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.143, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1373, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 600; οἶ. τεμένιος ἱερός “SIG” 987.3, compare 25 (Chios, 4th c.BC))]; ἐν τῷ οἴ. τοῦ Ἄμμωνος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 79.4 (2nd c.BC))]; ὁ οἶ. [τοῦ θεοῦ] [NT (NT.Matt.21.13, +others)]; of a funerary monument, [Refs (“BCH” 2.610 (from Cibyra), 18.11 (from Magnesia))]; ἀΐδιοι οἶ., i.e. tombs, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.51.)]
4 cage for birds, [Refs ([prev. author] 13.82)] (assuming variant, οἰκ[ίσκ]ῳ Valck.); beehive, [Refs (Gp. 15.2.22.)]
5 Astrology texts, domicile of a planet, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 1.98r. 12, +others(1st-2nd c.AD), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.7, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 7.25, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.141, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 162.2.)]
II one's household goods, substance [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (οἴκοθεν 2), οἶ. ἐμὸς διόλωλε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.64; ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶ. 4.318; καὶ οἶ. καὶ κλῆρος ἀκήρατος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.498; οἶκον δέ κ᾽ ἐγὼ καὶ κτήματα δοίην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.314, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53, 7.224, etc.)]: in Attic dialect law, estate, inheritance, οἶκον κατασχεῖν τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.15, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.93, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.4, etc.; οἶ. πέντε ταλάντων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.42)]; compare οἰκία.
III a reigning house, οἶ. ὁ βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31, compare 6.9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.41; Ἀγαμεμνονίων οἴκων ὄλεθρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 862 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 594 (Lyric poetry))]; also of any family, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.4, LXX.Gen.7.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.85)]; οἶ. Σεβαστός, = domus Augusta, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.520; οὐδενὸς οἴκου δεύτερον γενόμενον “IG” 42(1).84.32 (Epid., 1st c.AD); τοὺς πρώτους τᾶς πόλιος οἴκους [prev. work]86.15([prev. passage], 1st c.AD). (Orig. ϝοῖκος, compare ϝοίκω, οἰκία)]: cf. Sanskrit veśás, viś- 'house', Latin vicus, vicinus, etc.)