adjective
oikeios
Strong’sG3609
of one's family, domestic
stem oikei-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
οἰκεῖος, -α, -ον
(< οἶκος), [in LXX for דּוֹד, שְׁאֵר, etc.; in Is 58:7, οἰ. τοῦ σπέρματος for בָּשָׂר;]
SYN.: συγγενής, ἴδιος (v. Cremer, 446; Deiss., BS., 123).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3609 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoy-ki'-os
domestic, i.e. (as noun), a relative, adherent
Fromfrom G3624;
King James(those) of the (his own) house(-hold).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
also ος, ον Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect οἰκήϊος, η, ον: in or of the house, once in Refs 8th c.BC+; of or for household affairs, domestic (for οἰκηΐη, see at {οἰκία} II), τὰ οἰ. household affairs, property, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ οἰ. τὰ αὑτοῦ his household goods, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to πολιτικά, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to τὰ τῆς πόλεως, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 Astrology texts, οἰ. ζῴδια domiciliary signs, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II of persons, of the same household, family, or kin, related, ὥς οἱ ἐόντες οἰκήϊοι as being akin to him, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἰκεῖον οὕτως οὐδὲν.. ὡς ἀνήρ τε καὶ γυνή so closely akin, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀνὴρ οἰ. kinsman, relative, near friend, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ οἰ. kinsmen, opposed to οἱ ἀλλότριοι, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ὀθνεῖοι, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἑωυτοῦ οἰκηϊότατοι his own nearest kinsmen, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the tie itself, κατὰ τὸ οἰ. Ἀτρεῖ because of his relationship to Atreus, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 friendly, εἴχομέν ποτε.. τὸν τόπον τοῦτον οἰ. Refs 5th c.BC+
III of things. belonging to one's house or family, one's own (defined as ὅταν ἐφ᾽ αὑτῷ ᾖ ἀπαλλοτριῶσαι Refs 5th c.BC+; γῆ, χθών, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἰκεῖον, ἢ 'ξ ἄλλου τινό; born in the house, or.. ? Refs; αἱ οἰ. πόλεις their own cities, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ οἰ. (i.e. γῆ), Ionic dialect ἡ οἰκηΐη Refs 5th c.BC+; [ἀναθήματα] οἰκήϊα his own property, Refs; πόλεμοι οἰ. wars in one's own country, of the Helot war in Laconia, Refs 5th c.BC+homegrown, Refs
III.2 ={ἴδιος}, one's own, personal, private, οἰκείων κερδέων εἵνεκα Refs 6th c.BC+; μηδὲν -οτέρᾳ τῇ ἀπολαύσει with enjoyment not more our own, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἰ. ξύνεσις mother wit, Refs; πρὸς οἰκείας χερός by his own hand, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2.b in Stoic Philos., endeared by nature to all animals, including man, τὸ πρῶτον οἰ. what is earliest endeared, Refs 3rd c.BC+
IV proper to a thing, fitting, suitable, οὔτε.. καλὸν οὐδὲν [οὐδ᾽] οἰκήϊον Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.2 with dative of things, belonging to, conformable to the nature of a thing, προοίμιον οἰ. ἑκάστῳ Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.2.b of persons, with genitive, a student of.., σοφίας Refs 1st c.BC+; addicted to, καινοτομίας Refs 4th c.AD+
IV.3 proper, fit, οἰ. κατάγελως fit subject for ridicule, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἰ. ὄνομα a word in its proper, literal sense, opposed to metaphor, Refs 4th c.BC+
B adverb οἰκείως has the same senses as the adjective, οἰ φέρε bear it like your own affair, Refs 5th c.BC+; διαλέγεσθαι οἰ. τινί converse familiarly with him, Refs 5th c.BC+to be on familiar terms, Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ότερονRefs 4th c.BC+; -οτέρως Refs 4th c.BC+: superlative -όταταRefs 2nd c.BC+
B.II properly, naturally, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἀλλοτρίως, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.II.2 affectionately, dutifully, ἔθαψε, περιέστειλεν οἰ. Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.3 literally, actually, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.II.4 Astrology texts, οἰ. σχηματίζεσθαι, of a planet, to be in its domicile, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | oikeios | oikeias | oikeiem | oikeiois1×οἰκεῖοι | oikeiais | oikeieim |
| object accusative | oikeion | oikeian | oikeioin1×οἰκείους | oikeiain | ||
| direct address vocative | oikeior | oikeiar | oikeioir | oikeiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | oikeiou | oikeiau | oikeieu | oikeioiu1×οἰκείων | oikeiaiu | oikeieiu |
| to, for dative | oikeio | oikeia | oikeie | oikeioi | oikeiai | oikeiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
oikei is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
oikeiois“members of … household”subjectnominative plural1×
Ephesians 2:19… alla avō sumpolitois toiu hagioiu kai oikeiois tou theou,… fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
oikeioin“household”objectaccusative plural1×
Galatians 6:10“household”… pros pantoin, malista de pros toin oikeioin tau pistiau.… do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
oikeioiu“household”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
1 Timothy 5:8… de tinos toiu idioiu kai malista oikeioiu ouk pronoatō, tan pistian arnotē kai …… his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and …