Strong's Lexicon
G3626 — οἰκουρός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3626 |
|---|---|
| Word: | οἰκουρός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G3624 and ouros (a guard, be "ware") |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | oikouros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | oy-kou-ros' |
| Meaning: | 1. a stayer at home, i.e. domestically inclined (a "good housekeeper") |
| KJV Renderings: | keeper at home |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκουργός, ὀικουργον (οἶκος, ἘΡΓΩ (cf. ἔργον), cf. ἀμπελουργός, γεωργός, etc.), caring for the house, working at home: Tit 2:5 L T Tr WH; see the following word. Not found elsewhere.
STRONGS NT 3626: οἰκουρόςοἰκουρός, ὀικουρου, ὁ, ἡ (οἶκος, and οὐρός a keeper; see θυρωρός and κηπουρός);
a. properly, the (watch or) keeper of a house (Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Pausanias, Plutarch, others).
b. tropically, keeping at home and taking care of household affairs, domestic: Tit 2:5 R G; cf. Fritzsche, De conformatione N. T. critica etc., p. 29; (Winers Grammar, 100f (95)); (Aeschylus Ag. 1626; Euripides, Hec. 1277; σώφρονας, οἰκουρούς καί φιλάνδρους, Philo de exsecr. § 4).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
οἰκουρός (keeper at home)
Titus 2:5
- KJV: discreet chaste keepers at home good obedient to their own husbands that the word of God be not blasphemed
- GK: σώφρονας αγνάς οικουρούς αγαθάς υποτασσομένας τοις ιδίοις ανδράσιν ίνα μη ο λόγος του θεού βλασφημήται