verb
oikonomamō
Strong’sG3621
I am a steward
stem oikonom-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.
οἰκονομέω, -ῶ
(< οἰκονόμος), [in LXX: Ps 111 (112):5 (כּוּל pilp.), II Mac 3:14*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3621 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoy-kon-om-eh'-o
to manage (a house, i.e. an estate)
Fromfrom G3623;
King Jamesbe steward.
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
manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, θαλάμους πατρός Refs 5th c.BC+; ταῦτα (i.e. meats) Refs 2nd c.AD+:—middle, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 dispense, Refs 5th c.BC+; disburse, Refs 2nd c.BC+
3 treat a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ. treat, handle, Refs 4th c.BC+; so (in middle) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, τὰ σκέμματα.. ᾠκονομήσθω Refs 1st c.BC+
4 of public officers, administer, Refs 2nd c.BC+:—passive, πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη Refs 4th c.BC+
II intransitive, to be a house-steward, NT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| oikonomarōοἰκονομεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | manager | 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 | oikonomamō | oikonomame | oikonomami | oikonomama | oikonomamē | oikonomamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | oikonomasō | oikonomase | oikonomasi | oikonomasa | oikonomasē | oikonomaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oikonomatō | oikonomate | oikonomati | oikonomata | oikonomatē | oikonomatelē |
| we 1st person plural | oikonomanō | oikonomane | oikonomani | oikonomana | oikonomanē | oikonomanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | oikonomavō | oikonomave | oikonomavi | oikonomava | oikonomavē | oikonomavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | oikonomalō | oikonomale | oikonomali | oikonomala | oikonomalē | oikonomalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | oikonomameiō | oikonomameia | oikonomameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | oikonomaseiō | oikonomaseia | oikonomaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oikonomateiō | oikonomateia | oikonomateiē |
| we 1st person plural | oikonomaneiō | oikonomaneia | oikonomaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | oikonomaveiō | oikonomaveia | oikonomaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | oikonomaleiō | oikonomaleia | oikonomaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | oikonomasōr | oikonomasar | oikonomasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oikonomatōr | oikonomatar | oikonomatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | oikonomavōr | oikonomavar | oikonomavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | oikonomalōr | oikonomalar | oikonomalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | oikonomamoiō | oikonomamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | oikonomasoiō | oikonomasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | oikonomatoiō | oikonomatoia |
| we 1st person plural | oikonomanoiō | oikonomanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | oikonomavoiō | oikonomavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | oikonomaloiō | oikonomaloia |
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 | oikonomarō1×οἰκονομεῖν | oikonomari | oikonomara | oikonomarē |
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 | oikonomarōntos | oikonomarintos | oikonomarantos | oikonomarēntos |
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
oikonom 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
oikonomarō“manager”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Luke 16:2… oikonomiau su, ouk gar dunosō ēti oikonomarō.… your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’