Quick Definition
οἰκοδεσποτέω v. I manage a household
Strong's Definition
from 3617; to be the head of (i.e. rule) a family
KJV Usage: guide the house
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | οἰκέω + δέω
46.2 · Household Activities
to direct a household, to manage a home to command and give leadership to a household
1 It is possible that in some contexts οἰκονομέωοἰκονομία[c] (46.1), and οἰκοδεσποτέω are essentially equivalent in meaning, though οἰκοδεσποτέω probably differs connotatively in emphasizing commanding or being the head of a household.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκο-δεσποτέω, -@; (οἰκοδεσπότης) ; to be master (or head) of a house; to rule a household, manage family affairs: 1 Tim. v.14. (A later Grk. word; see Lob. ad Phryn. p- 373.) ἢ
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἰκοδεσποτέω oikodespoteō 1x
pr. to be master of a household; to occupy one’s self in the management of a household, 1 Tim. 5:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οἰκο-δεσποτέω, -ῶ
(< οἰκοδεσπότης),
to rule a household: I Ti 5:14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οἰκοδεσποτέω. This late Greek verb (cf. Lob. Pry. p. 373), which in the NT is confined to r Tim 5%, occurs in the horoscopes P Oxy IT. 235% (A.D. 20-50) οἰκοδεσποτεῖ ᾿Αφροδ[ίτη, P Lond 1301 (i/it A.D.) (= I. p. 137) δι ὃ οἰκοδεσποτήσει τὸ διάθεμα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
οἰκοδεσποτέω (oikodespoteō) — to manage a house. οἰκοδεσποτ-έω, to be master of a house or head of a family, [NT]
II. Astrology texts, predominate, [Refs 1st c.AD+]