verb
oikodespotamō
Strong’sG3616
I manage a household
stem oikodespot-once in the New Testament1 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.
οἰκο-δεσποτέω, -ῶ
(< οἰκοδεσπότης),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3616 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoy-kod-es-pot-eh'-o
to be the head of (i.e. rule) a family
Fromfrom G3617;
King Jamesguide the house.
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
to be master of a house or head of a family, NT
II Astrology texts, predominate, 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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| oikodespotarōοἰκοδεσποτεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | manage … households | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | oikodespotamō | oikodespotame | oikodespotami | oikodespotama | oikodespotamē | oikodespotamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | oikodespotasō | oikodespotase | oikodespotasi | oikodespotasa | oikodespotasē | oikodespotaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oikodespotatō | oikodespotate | oikodespotati | oikodespotata | oikodespotatē | oikodespotatelē |
| we 1st person plural | oikodespotanō | oikodespotane | oikodespotani | oikodespotana | oikodespotanē | oikodespotanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | oikodespotavō | oikodespotave | oikodespotavi | oikodespotava | oikodespotavē | oikodespotavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | oikodespotalō | oikodespotale | oikodespotali | oikodespotala | oikodespotalē | oikodespotalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | oikodespotameiō | oikodespotameia | oikodespotameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | oikodespotaseiō | oikodespotaseia | oikodespotaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oikodespotateiō | oikodespotateia | oikodespotateiē |
| we 1st person plural | oikodespotaneiō | oikodespotaneia | oikodespotaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | oikodespotaveiō | oikodespotaveia | oikodespotaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | oikodespotaleiō | oikodespotaleia | oikodespotaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | oikodespotasōr | oikodespotasar | oikodespotasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oikodespotatōr | oikodespotatar | oikodespotatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | oikodespotavōr | oikodespotavar | oikodespotavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | oikodespotalōr | oikodespotalar | oikodespotalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | oikodespotamoiō | oikodespotamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | oikodespotasoiō | oikodespotasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oikodespotatoiō | oikodespotatoia |
| we 1st person plural | oikodespotanoiō | oikodespotanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | oikodespotavoiō | oikodespotavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | oikodespotaloiō | oikodespotaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | oikodespotarō1×οἰκοδεσποτεῖν | oikodespotari | oikodespotara | oikodespotarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | oikodespotarōntos | oikodespotarintos | oikodespotarantos | oikodespotarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
oikodespot 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
oikodespotarō“manage … households”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
1 Timothy 5:14boulomō oun neoterain gamarō, teknogonarō, oikodespotarō, mēdenan aforman dōarō to antikeiorōnto loidoriau …… widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.