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Strong's G3623 · Greek

οἰκονόμος

oikonomos · oy-kon-om'-os

from 3624 and the base of 3551; a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

οἰκονόμος (G3623)

10 οἰκονόμος , -ου, ὁ ( οἶκος + νέμω , to manage ), [in LXX chiefly for עַל־הַבַּיִת ;] prop., the manager of a household or estate , a house- or land-steward (usually a slave or freedman): Lk 12:42 16:1 , 3 , 8 , I Co 4:2 , Ga 4:2 ; ὀ οἰ. τ. πόλεως (RV, treasurer ; cf. I Es 4:49 ), Ro 16:23 . Metaph. (in wider sense; cf. οἰκονομία ), an administrator , a steward : of Christian ministers, I Co 4:1 , Tit 1:7 ; of Christians generally, I Pe 4:10 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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