Quick Definition
a household servant
Strong's Definition
a fellow resident, i.e. menial domestic
Derivation: from G3611 (οἰκέω);
KJV Usage: (household) servant
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκέτης, οἰκέτου, ὁ (οἰκέω), from (Aeschylus and) Herodotus down, Latindomesticus, i. e. one who lives in the same house with another, spoken of all who are under the authority of one and the same householder, Sir_4:30 Sir_6:11, especially a servant, domestic; so in Luk_16:13; Act_10:7; Rom_14:4; 1Pe_2:18; the Sept. for ςΖαΖγ. See more fully on the word, Meyer on Romans, the passage cited (where he remarks that οἰκέτης is a more restricted term than δοῦλος, designating a house-servant, one holding closer relations to the family than other slaves; cf. διάκονος at the end, Schmidt, chapter 162.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἰκέτης oiketēs 4x
pr. an inmate of a house; a domestic servant, household slave, Luk_16:13 ; Act_10:7 ; Rom_14:4 ; 1Pe_2:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οἰκέτης , -ου , ὁ
( <οἰκέω ),
[in LXX for H5650 ;]
a house-servant: Luk_16:13 , Rom_14:4 ; pl ., Act_10:7 , 1Pe_2:18 (In Plat ., Hdt ., Sir_4:30 ; Sir_6:11 , the pl . includes all the inmates of the house, the familia , οἰκετεία .)†
SYN.. see διάκονος G1249 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οἰκέτης [page 440]
The use of οἰκέτης to denote a household or domestic slave (Lat. famulus ) in Luk_16:13 οὐδεὶς οἰκέτης δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν , no domestic can be a slave to two masters, is well illustrated by P Lille I. 29 i. 2 (iii/B.C.) ἐὰν δέ τις περὶ ἀδικήματος ἑ [τέ ]ρο [υ ] οἰκέτηι ὄντι δίκην γραψάμενος , ὡς ἐλευθέρωι , καταδικάσηται , ἐξέστω τῶι κυρίωι ἀναδικῆσαι ἐν ἡμέραις ε̄ , si quelqu un en raison d un dommage a intentι une action ΰ l esclave d un autre, comme ΰ un homme libre, et l a fait condamner, qu il soit permis au maξtre de l esclave d interjeter appel dans un dιlai de cinq jours (Ed.). For the adj. οἰκετικός , see P Grenf I. 21 .6 (B.C. 126) ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκετικῶν σωμάτων δ̄ . On the different terms for slave in the NT, see Trench Syn. § ix., and cf. Thackeray Gr. i. p. 7 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
οἰκέτης οἰκέτης, ου, ὁ, [Etym: οἰκέω] "a house-slave, menial", Hdt. , attic; οἱ οἰκέται, Lat. familia, one's household, the women and children, Hdt. , attic; opp. to οἱ δοῦλοι, Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
οἰκέτης, -ου, ὁ
(οἰκέω), [in LXX for עֶבֶד ;]
a house-servant: Luk.16:13, Rom.14:4; pl., Act.10:7, 1Pe.2:18 (In Plat., Hdt., Sir.4:30 6:11, the pl. includes all the inmates of the house, the familia, οἰκετεία.)†
SYN.. see: διάκονος (AS)