Strong G3625οἰκουμένη

world

Transliteration
oikoumenē
Pronunciation
oy-kou-men'-ay
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine participle present passive of G3611 (as noun by implication of G1093);
land that is the (terrene part of the) globe; specifically the Roman empire: - earth world.

Detailed definition

οἰκουμένη, -ης, ἡ
(fern. Pres. pass. ptcp. of οἰκέω; sc. γῆ) [in LXX chiefly for תֵּבֵל, אֶרֶץ;]
the inhabited earth;
__(a) in cl., the countries occupied by Greeks, as disting. from barbarian lands (Hdt., Dem., al.);
__(b) in later writers, the Roman world: Luk.2:1, Act.11:28 24:5; by meton., of its inhabitants: Act.17:6 19:27;
__(with) in LXX (Psa.23:1 71:8, al.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Mat.24:14, Luk.4:5 21:26, Rom.10:18, Heb.1:6, Rev.3:10 16:14; by meton. (ut supr.), Act.17:31, Rev.12:9;
__(d) of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα = ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων: Heb.2:5.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3625 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • world14
  • earth1
  • of1

First verses

  1. Matthew 24:14
    And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
  2. Luke 2:1
    And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
  3. Luke 4:5
    And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
  4. Luke 21:26
    Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
  5. Acts 11:28
    And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar.
  6. Acts 17:6
    And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
  7. Acts 17:31
    Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
  8. Acts 19:27
    So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
  9. Acts 24:5
    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
  10. Romans 10:18
    But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
  11. Hebrews 1:6
    And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
  12. Hebrews 2:5
    For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
  13. Revelation 3:10
    Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
  14. Revelation 12:9
    And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
  15. Revelation 16:14
    For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
οἰκουμέν-η
(i.e. γῆ), ἡ, inhabited region, see at {οἰκέω} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1)]; then the Greek world, opposed to barbarian lands, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.35; πᾶσα ἡ οἰ. [prev. author] 18.48; in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362b26, ἡ οἰ.,)] = the inhabited world (including non-Greek lands, as Ethiopia, India, Scythia), as opposed to possibly uninhabited regions,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.1; in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 392b26, ἥδε ἡ οἰ.,)] = our world (= Asia, Libya, Europe); οἰκουμέναι worlds,[LXX+4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 31; ἡ φιλία περιχορεύει τὴν οἰ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 52; σοῦ (i.e. Ptolemy 11 or 111) τῆς οἰ. πάσης βασιλεύοντος “PSI” 5.541.7, cf. LXX.1Esd.2.3)]; loosely, the whole world, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 33 (probably), 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 179, “PMag.Lond.” 121.704, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Halc.” 3, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.350a)]: so perhaps in some passages cited under [Refs (11.)]
II the Roman world, ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων (etc.) τῆς οἰ., i.e. the Emperor, [NT+1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 666.4,668.5, “POxy.” 1021.5 (1st c.AD), “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2581-2,4416, NT.Luke.2.1, NT.Act.17.6, 24.5, “Sammelb.” 176.2 (2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.7, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Macr.” 7.)]
III ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα the world to come, i.e. the kingdom of Christ, [NT (NT.Heb.2.5.)]