Strong's Lexicon
G3609 — οἰκεῖος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3609 |
|---|---|
| Word: | οἰκεῖος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G3624 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | oikeios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | oy-kei`-os |
| Meaning: | 1. domestic 2. (as noun), a relative, adherent |
| KJV Renderings: | (those) of the (his own) house(-hold) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκεῖος, οἰκεῖα, οἰκεῖον (οἶκος), from Hesiod down, belonging to a house or family, domestic, intimate: belonging to one’s household, related by blood, kindred, 1Ti 5:8; οἰκεῖοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, belonging to God’s household, i. e. to the theocracy, Eph 2:19; in a wider sense, with a genitive of the thing, belonging to, devoted to, adherents of a thing, οἱ οἰκεῖοι τῆς πίστεως, professors of the (Christian) faith, Gal 6:10 (but others associate this passage with that from Ephesians as above; see Lightfoot at the passage); so οἰκεῖος φιλοσοφίας, Strabo 1, p. 13 b. (1, 17 edition Sieben.); γεωγραφιας, p. 25 a. (1, 34 edition Sieben.); ὀλιγαρχιας, Diodorus 13, 91; τυραννίδος, 19, 70. (The Sept. for ùÀÑàÅø, related by blood; ãÌåã, 1Sa 10:14 ff; ùÇÑàÂøÈä, consanguinity, Lev 18:17; οἰκεῖος τοῦ σπέρματος for áÈÌùÈÒø, Isa 58:7.)
STRONGS NT 3609a: οἰκετείαοἰκετεία (others, οἰκετεία, cf. Chandler § 99ff), οἰκετείας, ἡ (οἰκέτης, which see), household i. e. body of servants (Macrobius, Appuleius ()famulitium, German Dienerschaft): Mat 24:45 L T Tr WH. (Strabo, Lucian, Inscriptions; plural Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3),
Englishman's Greek Concordance
οἰκεῖος ((those) of the (his own) house(-hold))
Galatians 6:10
- KJV: As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all especially unto them who are of the household of faith
- GK: άρα ούν ως καιρόν έχομεν εργαζώμεθα το αγαθόν προς πάντας μάλιστα δε προς τους οικείους της πίστεως
Ephesians 2:19
- KJV: Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God
- GK: άρα ούν ουκέτι εστέ ξένοι και πάροικοι αλλά συμπολίται των αγίων και οικείοι του θεού
1 Timothy 5:8
- KJV: But if any provide not for his own and specially for those of his own house he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel
- GK: ει δε τις των ιδίων και μάλιστα των οικείων ου προνοεί την πίστιν ήρνηται και έστιν απίστου χείρων