G3612: οἴκημα (oíkēma)

G3612 οἴκημα (oíkēma)

Greek

Quick Definition

οἴκημα, ατος, τό n.n. a prison

Strong's Definition

from 3611; a tenement, i.e. (specially), a jail

KJV Usage: prison

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

οἴκημα (G3612)

noun, n. | -τος | οἰκέω

7.26 · Constructions · Parts and Areas of Buildings

room, quarters a room or quarters where one may stay (normally a part of a house) In ACT 12:7 οἴκημα is used to refer to a prison cell, and in this context it is best translated as ‘room’ or ‘room in the prison.’

ACT 12:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

οἴκημα, -ros, τό, fr. [ Pind. and] Hdt. down, a dwellingplace, habitation; euphemistically a prison, [R. V. cell], Acts xii. 7, as in Thue. 4, 47 sq.; Dem., Leian. Tox. 29; Plut. Agis 19; Ael. v. h. 6, 1.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

οἴκημα oikēma 1x

a dwelling; used in various conventional senses, and among them, a prison, cell, Acts 12:7*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

οἴκημα, -τος, τό

(< οἰκέω), [in LXX: Ez 16:24 (גַּב), To 2:4, Wi 13:15*;]

a dwelling. As a euphemism for other definite terms (e.g. brothel. Hdt., ii, 121; cf. Ez 16:24), a prison (Thuc., iv, 47 f.): Ac 12:7.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

οἴκημα. In Ac 127, the only place where it occurs in the NT, οἴκημα is used euphemistically of a ‘* prison chamber ”’ : Field (Votes, p. 120. For its more general use cf. Chrest. I. 224%.) (iii/B.c.) cited s.v. αὐλή, P Lond 887? (iii/B.c.) (= III. p. 1) where a petitioner complains that a neighbour, who occupied ‘“‘apartments” in the same courtyard, had erected a staircase in the courtyard to the petitioner’s injury —airds δὲ εἰσώικισται εἰς δύο οἰκήματα ἐν τῆι αὐλῆι Kal ἀνοικοδόμηκεν ἐν τῆι αὐλῆι κλεῖμα KTA., P Petr IT. 32(1)}}7 see

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

οἴκημα (oikēma) — cell. οἴκ-ημα, ατος, τό, dwelling-place, ἱερὸν ἔσχον οἴ. ποταμοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, building, house, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. room, chamber, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially bed-chamber, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dining-room, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

II. special senses,

II.1. brothel, τὴν θυγατέρα κατίσαι ἐπ᾽ οἰκήματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare τέγος.

II.2. ={οἰκίσκος}, cage for animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. horse's stable or stall, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II.4. temple, shrine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. b room in a temple, [Refs]

II.5. prison, [NT+5th c.BC+]

II.6. storeroom, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.7. workshop, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.8. story, floor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.9. metaphorically, αἰσθητικὸν οἴ., of man, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]