noun · neuter

oikēmem

Greekοἴκημα (oikēma)

Strong’sG3612

a prison

stem oikēm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

cell1×

What it means

οἴκημα, -τος, τό

(< οἰκέω), [in LXX: Ez 16:24 (גַּב), To 2:4, Wi 13:15*;]

a dwelling. As a euphemism for other definite terms (e.g. brothel. Hdt., ii, 121; cf. Ez 16:24), a prison (Thuc., iv, 47 f.): Ac 12:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3612 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidoy'-kay-mah

a tenement, i.e. (specially), a jail

Fromfrom G3611;

King Jamesprison.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	oikēmem	oikēmeim
of, belonging to genitive	oikēmeu	oikēmeiu
to, for dative	oikēme1×οἰκήματι	oikēmei

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

oikēmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

oikēme 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

oikēme“cell”to, fordative singular1×

Acts 12:7“cell”kai idou angelos kuriou efistanata, kai fōtem lampata en te oikēme; patassaratos de tan pleuran tou Petrou egeirata auton legarōtos; Anistanasar en tache; kai ekpiptala autou tais halusiais ek taiu cheiraiu.Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.