oikonomias

Strong’sG3622

stewardship

stem oikonomi-9 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 10 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.

οἰκονομία, -ας, ἡ

(< οἰκονομέω), [in LXX: Is 22:19, 21 (מַצָּב, מֶמְשָׁלָה)*;]

1. prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος, stewardship: Lk 16:2-4.

2. In later writers (Plut., al.; v. AR on Eph 1:10; MM, xviii), generally, administration, dispensation: I Co 9:17, Eph 1:10 3:2, 9, Col 1:25, I Ti 1:4.†

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

Strong’s G3622 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidoy-kon-om-ee'-ah

administration (of a household or estate); specially, a (religious) "economy"

Fromfrom G3623;

King Jamesdispensation, stewardship.

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

οἰκονομ-ία, ἡ,
management of a household or family, husbandry, thrift, Refs 5th c.BC+; households, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 generally, direction, regulation, Refs 4th c.BC+; especially of a State, administration, αἱ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν οἰ. Refs 4th c.BC+; principles of government, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a fund, Refs 3rd c.BC+
3 arrangement, ἡ περὶ τὸν νοσέοντα οἰ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ περὶ τῶν ὠνίων οἰ. market, fair, Refs 5th c.BC+proceedings, Refs; τίνα οἰκονομίαν προσαγήγοχας what steps you have taken, Refs 3rd c.BC+; αὕτη φύσεως οἰ. Refs 2nd c.BC+; of a literary work, arrangement, ἡ κατὰ μέρος οἰ. Refs 8th c.BC+
4 in Egypt, office of οἰκονόμος, Refs 2nd c.BC+
5 stewardship, LXX+NT
6 plan, dispensation, NT
7 in bad sense, scheming, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II public revenue of a state, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III transaction, contract, or legal instrument, Refs 1st c.AD+
IV magical operation or process, Refs

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.

management3×stewardship3×plan2×administration1×

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	oikonomias1×οἰκονομία	oikonomiais
object accusative	oikonomian6×οἰκονομίαν	oikonomiain
direct address vocative	oikonomiar	oikonomiair
of, belonging to genitive	oikonomiau2×οἰκονομίας	oikonomiaiu
to, for dative	oikonomia	oikonomiai

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

oikonomistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

oikonomia 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.

9 occurrences, every one of them listed

oikonomias“administration”subjectnominative singular1×

Ephesians 3:9“administration”kai fōtizara pantoin tinas tas oikonomias teu mustērieu teu apokruptorēnteu apo toiu …and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God …

oikonomian“stewardship”objectaccusative singular6×

Luke 16:3“management”… hoti tos kurios mu afairotō tan oikonomian apo mu? skaptarō ouk ischuamō, epaitarō …… now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

1 Corinthians 9:17“stewardship”… prassamō, misthon echamō; ei de akōnos, oikonomian pisteuomē.… voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

Ephesians 1:10eis oikonomian teu plērōmeu toiu kairoiu, anakefalaiera teim …as a plan for the fullness of time, to …

Ephesians 3:2ei ge akouava tan oikonomian tau charitau tou theou tau dōirantau …Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given …

Colossians 1:25“stewardship”hau genema mis diakonos kata tan oikonomian tou theou tan dōirantan mi eis …I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully …

1 Timothy 1:4“plan”… aperantai, hotinais ekzētēsiain parechalō mallon ē oikonomian theou tan en pistia… myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.

oikonomiau“management”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Luke 16:2… peri su? apodōasar ton logon tau oikonomiau su, ouk gar dunosō ēti oikonomarō.… Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any …

Luke 16:4… poiameia, hina hotan metastēimeia ek tau oikonomiau decheleia min eis toin oikoin heautoiu.… so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their …