Oikonomos

oy-kon-om'-os
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Oikonomos Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 10
  1. the manager of household or of household affairs
    1. esp. a steward, manager, superintendent (whether free-born or as was usually the case, a freed-man or a slave) to whom the head of the house or proprietor has intrusted the management of his affairs, the care of receipts and expenditures, and the duty of dealing out the proper portion to every servant and even to the children not yet of age
    2. the manager of a farm or landed estate, an overseer
    3. the superintendent of the city's finances, the treasurer of a city (or of treasurers or quaestors of kings)
  2. metaph. the apostles and other Christian teachers and bishops and overseers
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
oikonomoß
Origin
from (3624) and the base of (3551)
Strong's Number
3623
TDNT Entry
5:149,674

NAS Word Usage

manager
3
managers
1
steward
2
stewards
3
treasurer
1
Total
10

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Oikonomos". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.