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3622 oikonomía (from 3621 /oikonoméō, "a steward, managing a household") – properly, a stewardship, management (administration), i.e. where a person looks after another's affairs (resources). [A "dispensation" can also refer to a special period of time (management).
- Strong's Greek 3623
Definition: the manager of a household. Usage: a household...
- Oikonomeó
οἰκονομέω, ὀικονόμω; (οἰκονόμος); to be a steward; to manage...
- Strong's Greek 3623
Definition: the manager of a household. Usage: a household manager, a steward, guardian. HELPS Word-studies. Cognate: 3623 oikonómos (from 3624 /oíkos, "house, household" and nemō, "to allot, apportion") – properly, a steward (literally, "household-manager"). See 3622 (oikonomia).
οἰκονομέω, ὀικονόμω; (οἰκονόμος); to be a steward; to manage the affairs of a household: absolutely, Luke 16:2. (Univ. to manage, dispense, order, regulate: Sophocles, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, others; 2 Macc. 3:14.)
the management of a household or of household affairs. specifically, the management, oversight, administration, of other's property. the office of a manager or overseer, stewardship. administration, dispensation. Hebrew Equivalent Words: Strong #: 4475 ‑ מֶמְשָׁלָה (mem‑shaw‑law'); 4673 ‑ מַצָּב (mats‑tsawb'); Frequency Lists. Book. Word. Parsing.
Greek writers about the time of the New Testament used oikonomia to describe the job of a household manager. In practice Greek slaves often managed the homes of wealthy landowners. Later this term came to describe the general work of administration.
Strong's Number G3623 matches the Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonomos), which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.
Greek-English Concordance for οἰκονόμος. manager, administrator, director, trustee - the manager of a household; a steward, Lk. 12:42; 16:1, 3, 8; 1 Cor. 4:2; a manager, trustee, Gal. 4:2; a public.
