noun · feminine
oikias
Strong’sG3614
a house, household
stem oiki-93 times in the New Testamentin 11 of 27 books6 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
οἰκία primarily means a house or dwelling, the physical building where someone lives 1234. It can also be used of being "at home" or staying in a house 13.
By extension it also means a household — the people living in the house, one's family or domestics 1234.
In addition, the word is used figuratively of the body as the dwelling-place of the soul 1, and, in a further figurative use paralleling the Hebrew idea behind it, of a person's property or possessions 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
οἰκία, -ας, ἡ
(< οἶκος), [in LXX chiefly (very freq.) for בַּיִת;]
SYN.: οἶκος, which in Attic law denoted the whole estate, οἰκία, the dwelling only. In cl. poets οἶκος has also the latter sense, but not in prose, except in metaph. usage, where it signifies both property and household. The foregoing distinction is not, however, consistently maintained in late Greek; cf. MM, ii, xvii, and v. Thayer, s.v. οἰκία.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3614 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoy-kee'-ah
properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)
Fromfrom G3624;
King Jameshome, 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
Ionic dialect οἰκίη, Cretan dialect and Locrian dialect ϝοικία, Refs 5th c.BC+:—ἡ, building, house, dwelling, Refs 5th c.BC+ at home, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔτυχεν ἐπὶ τῆς οἰ. was at home, Refs 2nd c.AD+ as house to set of apartments or room, τᾶν οἰκιᾶν τιμὰν κομιζέσθω τῶ οἴκω ἑκάστω δύο μνᾶς Refs 4th c.BC+
2 in Attic dialect law, οἶκος was distinguished from οἰκία, the former being the property left at a person's death, his estate, the latter the dwelling-house only, as stated by Refs 5th c.BC+
3 distinguished from συνοικία, as one's own apartments from those let out to lodgers, Refs 4th c.BC+
II household, domestic establishment, Refs 5th c.BC+; δὔ οἰκίας ᾤκει, i. e. he kept two establishments, Refs 4th c.BC+; more primitive than the πόλις,Refs; ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας the house-steward, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III the household, i. e. inmates of the house, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV house or family from which one is descended, οἰκίης ἀγαθῆς Refs 5th c.BC+; οἰκίης οὐ φλαυροτέρηςRefs 5th c.BC+
V medical school, ἐξ οἰκίας Ἡροφίλου Refs 1st 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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | oikias9×οἰκία | oikiais |
| object accusative | oikian40×οἰκίαν | oikiain7×οἰκίας |
| direct address vocative | oikiar | oikiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | oikiau10×οἰκίας | oikiaiu1×οἰκιῶν |
| to, for dative | oikia26×οἰκίᾳ | oikiai |
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
oikia 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.
93 occurrences, every one of them listed
oikias“house”subjectnominative singular9×
Matthew 10:13“house”kai ean men ateiō tas oikias axias, erchatar tas eirēnas vu epi …If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on …
Matthew 12:25“house”… heautau erēmotō, kai pantas polas ē oikias merizirantas kata heautau ouk stēiti.… divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
Mark 3:25kai ean oikias epi heautan meriziteia, ouk duneti tas …If a house is divided against itself, it cannot …
Mark 3:25“house”… epi heautan meriziteia, ouk duneti tas oikias ekeinas stēira;… house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
John 4:53… zōatō, kai pisteuata autos kai tas oikias autou holas.… live.” And he and all his household believed.
John 12:3… autau toin podoin autou; tas de oikias plērita ek tau osmau teu mureu.… them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of …
Acts 10:6… para tino Simōno bursevo, ho atō oikias para thalassan.… staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
Acts 18:7… Ioustou seborōntou ton theon, hou tas oikias ate sunomorarōntas ta sunagōga.… and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of …
2 Corinthians 5:1“house”… gar hoti ean tas epigeias nu oikias teu skēneu kataluiteia, oikodoman ek theou …For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal …
oikian“house”objectaccusative singular40×
Matthew 2:11kai ercharantois eis tan oikian horala tem paidiem meta Mariau tau …On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His …
Matthew 7:24… andro fronimo, hotinos oikodomata autou tan oikian epi tan petran.… a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 7:26… andro mōro, hotinos oikodomata autou tan oikian epi tan ammoan.… a foolish man who built his house on sand.
Matthew 8:14Kai ercharantos tos Iēsus eis tan oikian Petrou horata tan pentheran autou balorēntan …When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in …
Matthew 9:23kai ercharantos tos Iēsus eis tan oikian tou archontou kai horarantos toin aulētoin …When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw …
Matthew 9:28ercharanto de eis tan oikian proserchala auto tois tuflois, kai legatō …After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him …
Matthew 10:12“house”eiserchorōntois de eis tan oikian aspazevar autan;As you enter the home, greet its occupants.
Matthew 12:29… pōs dunotō tinos eiserchara eis tan oikian tou ischurou kai teim skeveim autou …… can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he …
Matthew 12:29… dateia ton ischuron? kai tote tan oikian autou diarpazati.… man? Then he can plunder his house.
Matthew 13:36… afiēkarantos toin ochloin erchata eis tan oikian. kai proserchala auto tois mathētois autou …… the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and …
Matthew 17:25legatō; Nai. kai ercharanton eis tan oikian profthanata auton tos Iēsus legarōntos; Tinem …… he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you …
Matthew 24:43… kai ouk an easata diorussira tan oikian autou.… and would not have let his house be broken into.
Mark 1:29“house”… tau sunagōgau exercharantois erchala eis tan oikian Simōnou kai Andreou meta Iakōbou kai …… companions had left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
Mark 3:27alla oudenos dunotō eis tan oikian tou ischurou eisercharantos teim skeveim autou …… one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he …
Mark 3:27… ton ischuron dateia, kai tote tan oikian autou diarpazati.… man. Then he can plunder his house.
Mark 6:10… legate autoi; Hopou ean eiserchaveia eis oikian, ekei menavōr heōs an exerchaveia ekeithen.… told them, “When you enter a house, stay there until you leave that …
Mark 7:24… teim horeim Turau. kai eisercharantos eis oikian oudenon thelate gnōskara, kai ouk dunita …… He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their …
Mark 10:10Kai eis tan oikian palin tois mathētois peri houteu eperōtale …When they were back inside the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this …
Mark 10:29“house”… legamō vi, oudenos atō hos afiēkata oikian ē adelfoin ē adelfain ē mētēran …… I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father …
Mark 13:34hōs anthrōpos apodēmos afiēkarantos tan oikian autou kai dōarantos toi douloi autou …… on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of …
Luke 4:38“house”… apo tau sunagōgau eiserchata eis tan oikian Simōnou. pentheras de tou Simōnou ate …… had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high …
Luke 6:48homoios atō anthrōpo oikodomarōnto oikian hos skaptata kai bathunata kai tithata …… is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid …
Luke 6:49… mē poiarantos homoios atō anthrōpo oikodomaranto oikian epi tan gēan chōris themeliou, ha …… like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The …
Luke 7:44… tan gunaikan? eiserchama su eis tan oikian, hudem mi epi podoin ouk dōasa; …… this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water …
Luke 8:51ercharantos de eis tan oikian ouk afiēkata eiserchara tinon sun auto …When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to …
Luke 9:4kai eis han an oikian eiserchaveia, ekei menavōr kai ekeithen exerchovōr.Whatever house you enter, stay there until you …
Luke 10:5eis han de an eiserchaveia oikian prōtem legavōr; Eirēnas to oiko houto.Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace …
Luke 10:7… autou. mē metabainavōr ek oikiau eis oikian.… not move around from house to house.
Luke 15:8… ouchi haptatō luchnon kai saratō tan oikian kai zētatō epimelōs heōs hou heuriskateia?… not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds …
Luke 18:29“house”… vi hoti oudenos atō hos afiēkata oikian ē gunaikan ē adelfoin ē gonevoin …… I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children …
Luke 22:10… hudeu bastazarōntos; akolouthavar auto eis tan oikian eis han eisporeuotō.… meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,
Luke 22:54… auton agala kai eisagala eis tan oikian tou archierevou; tos de Petros akolouthate …… away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter …
Acts 9:17… de Hananios kai eiserchata eis tan oikian, kai epititharantos epi auton tain cheirain …So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed …
Acts 10:17… apostelorēntois hupo tou Kornēliou dierōtarantois tan oikian tou Simōnou epistēala epi ton pulōnon,… men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
Acts 11:11… exautēs treis androis epistēala epi tan oikian en ha ane, apostelorēntois apo Kaisareiau …… me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
Acts 12:12Sunorarantos tē erchata epi tan oikian tau Mariau tau mētērau Iōannou tou …… realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John …
Acts 18:7“house”kai metabainarantos ekeithen eiserchata eis oikian tinou onome Titiou Ioustou seborōntou ton …So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.
1 Corinthians 16:15Parakalamō de vin, adelfoir; oidavē tan oikian Stefanaou, hoti atō aparchas tau Achaiau …You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia …
2 Corinthians 5:1… skēneu kataluiteia, oikodoman ek theou echanō oikian acheiropoiētan aiōnian en toi ouranoi.… a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human …
2 John 1:10“house”… ouk feratō, mē labavōr auton eis oikian kai chairarō auto mē legavōr;… but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
oikiau“house”of, belonging togenitive singular10×
Matthew 10:14“house”… toin logoin vu, exerchorōntois exō tau oikiau ē tau polau ekeinau ektinassavar ton …… heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
Matthew 13:1… hēmera ekeina exercharantos tos Iēsus tau oikiau kathote para tan thalassan;… day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
Matthew 24:17… mē katabainatar airara teim ek tau oikiau autou,… down to retrieve anything from his house.
Mark 13:15… mēde eiserchatar tinem airara ek tau oikiau autou,… inside to retrieve anything from his house.
Mark 13:35… oidavē gar pote tos kurios tau oikiau erchotō, ē opse ē mesonuktiem ē …… know when the master of the house will return — whether in the evening …
Luke 6:49… sumpiptata, kai geneta tem rēgmem tau oikiau ekeinau megem.… foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell — and great …
Luke 7:6… autou ouk makran apecharōntou apo tau oikiau pempata filoin tos hekatontarchēos legarōntos auto; …… He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the …
Luke 10:7… tou misthou autou. mē metabainavōr ek oikiau eis oikian.… wages. Do not move around from house to house.
Luke 22:11kai legavi to oikodespoto tau oikiau; Legatō si tos didaskalos; Pou atō …… say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the …
Philippians 4:22… malista de tois ek tau Kaisarou oikiau.… you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.
oikia“house”to, fordative singular26×
Matthew 5:15… kai lampatō pantoi toi en ta oikia.… gives light to everyone in the house.
Matthew 7:25… pnala tois anemois kai prospiptala ta oikia ekeina, kai ouk piptata, themeliotelē gar …… winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because …
Matthew 7:27… pnala tois anemois kai proskoptala ta oikia ekeina, kai piptata, kai ate tas …… winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell— and great was …
Matthew 8:6… tos paidos mu balotē en ta oikia paralutikos, deinōs basanizorōntos.“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
Matthew 9:10Kai geneta autou anakeiorōntou en ta oikia, kai idou pollois telōnois kai hamartōlois …… as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came …
Matthew 13:57… en ta patrida kai en ta oikia autou.… his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Matthew 26:6“house”… de Iēsu generantou en Bēthania en oikia Simōnou tou leprou,While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
Mark 2:15Kai genotō katakeiorō auton en ta oikia autou, kai pollois telōnois kai hamartōlois …While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were …
Mark 6:4… toi sungenoi autou kai en ta oikia autou.… his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Mark 9:33… erchala eis Kafarnaoum. kai en ta oikia generantos eperōtate autoin; Tinem en ta …… Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you …
Mark 14:3“house”… arōntou autou en Bēthania en ta oikia Simōnou tou leprou katakeiorōntou autou erchata …While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an …
Luke 5:29… dochan megan Leuisos auto en ta oikia autou; kai ate ochlos pollos telōnoiu …… great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors …
Luke 6:48… de generantau prosrēgata tos potamos ta oikia ekeina, kai ouk ischuata saleuara autan …… came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because …
Luke 7:37“house”… kai epignōskarantas hoti katakeiotō en ta oikia tou Farisaiou, komizarantas alabastrem mureuWhen a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
Luke 8:27… hikano ouk endueta himatiem, kai en oikia ouk menate alla en tei mnēmei.… worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
Luke 10:7en auta de ta oikia menavōr, esthiarōntois kai pinarōntois teim para …Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are …
Luke 15:25… agro; kai hōs erchorōntos engizata ta oikia, akouata sumfōniau kai choroiu,… field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
Luke 17:31“house”… kai teim skeveim autou en ta oikia, mē katabainatar airara auteim, kai tos …… the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return …
John 8:35“household”… de doulos ouk menatō en ta oikia eis ton aiōnon; tos huios menatō …A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever.
John 11:31… tois arōntois meta autau en ta oikia kai paramuthorōntois autan, horarantois tan Mariam …… the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she …
John 14:2en ta oikia tou patrou mu monais pollais alō; …In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were …
Acts 9:11… tan kalorōntan Euthuan kai zētasar en oikia Ioudou Saulon onome Tarsevon, idou gar …… Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and …
Acts 10:32“house”… hos epikalotō Petros; houtos xenizotō en oikia Simōnou bursevou para thalassan.… for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
Acts 16:32… kuriou sun pantoi toi en ta oikia autou.… him and to everyone in his house.
Acts 17:5… thorubale tan polan, kai epistēarantois ta oikia Iasōnou zētale autoin proagara eis ton …… into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas …
2 Timothy 2:20En mega de oikia ouk atō monem skeveim chrusoueim kai …A large house contains not only vessels of gold …
oikiain“houses”objectaccusative plural7×
Matthew 19:29kai pantos hotinos afiēkata oikiain ē adelfoin ē adelfain ē patron …And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father …
Mark 10:30… hekatontaplasiōneim nun en to kairo houto oikiain kai adelfoin kai adelfain kai mētērain …… a hundredfold in the present age — houses and brothers and sisters and mothers …
Mark 12:40tois katesthiarōntois tain oikiain taiu chēraiu kai profasia makreim proseuchorōntois; …They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy …
Luke 20:47hois katesthialō tain oikiain taiu chēraiu kai profasia makreim proseucholō; …They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy …
1 Corinthians 11:22“houses”mē gar oikiain ouk echavō eis tem esthiarō kai …… own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No …
1 Timothy 5:13… de kai argais mathalō, perierchorōntais tain oikiain, ouk monem de argais alla kai …… learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only …
2 Timothy 3:6… gar alō tois endunarōntois eis tain oikiain kai aichmalōtizarōntois gunaikarieim sōreuorēnteim hamartai, agorōnteim …… kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are …
oikiaiu“houses”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 4:34… autoi; hosois gar ktētōrois chōrieiu ē oikiaiu huparchale, pōlarōntois ferale tain timain teiu …… because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the …