noun · masculine
oiketos
Greekοἰκέτης (oiketēs)
Strong’sG3610
a household servant
stem oiket-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
οἰκέτης, -ου, ὁ
(< οἰκέω), [in LXX for עֶבֶד;]
SYN.: v.s. διάκονος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3610 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoy-ket'-ace
a fellow resident, i.e. menial domestic
Fromfrom G3611;
King James(household) servant.
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 nominative | oiketos1×οἰκέτης | oiketois |
| object accusative | oiketon1×οἰκέτην | oiketoin |
| direct address vocative | oiketor | oiketoir1×οἰκέται |
| of, belonging to genitive | oiketou | oiketoiu1×οἰκετῶν |
| to, for dative | oiketo | oiketoi |
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
oiketo 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
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
oiketos“servant”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 16:13“servant”oudenos oiketos dunetō duo kurioi douleuarō; ē gar ton henon misati kai ton heteron agapati, ē henou antecheti kai tou heterou katafronati. ouk dunevō theo douleuarō kai mamōnao.No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
oiketon“servant”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 14:4“servant”sis tinos asō tos krinarōtos allotrion oiketon? to idio kurio stēkatō ē piptatō; histaniti de, dunatatō gar tos kurios histanara auton.Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
oiketoir“servants”direct addressvocative plural1×
1 Peter 2:18“servants”Toir oiketoir hupotassirōtois en panto fobo toi despotoi, ouk monem toi agathoi kai epieikoi alla kai toi skolioi.Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
oiketoiu“servants”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 10:7“servants”hōs de aperchata tos angelos tos lalarōtos auto, fōnaratos duo toiu oiketoiu kai stratiōton eusebon toiu proskarterarōtoiu autoWhen the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.