Quick Definition
οἰκονομέω v. I am a steward
Strong's Definition
from 3623; to manage (a house, i.e. an estate)
KJV Usage: be steward
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | οἰκέω + νομίζω
46.1 · Household Activities
to manage a household, to run a household, to be in charge of a household to manage and provide for a household In biblical times a household would consist of more than the nuclear family, that is to say, more than simply husband, wife, and children, for servants, slaves, and permanent hired workers living with the family would be regarded as a part of the total household.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκονομέω, -@; (οἰκονόμος) ; 10 be a steward; to manage the affairs of a household: absol. Lk. xvi. 2. (Univ. to manage, dispense, order, regulate: Soph., Xen., Plat., Polyb., Joseph., Plut., al.; 2 Mace. iii. 14.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἰκοδόμος oikodomos 1x
a builder, architect, Acts 4:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οἰκονομέω, -ῶ
(< οἰκονόμος), [in LXX: Ps 111 (112):5 (כּוּל pilp.), II Mac 3:14*;]
to manage as house-steward, be a steward: absol., Lk 16:2; hence, generally (v.s. οἰκονομία), to manage, regulate, arrange (cl., II Mac 3:14, III Mac 3:2 R).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οἴκονομέω. The wide sense attaching to this verb with its corresponding subst. in late Greek is fully illustrated from Polybius by Dean Armitage Robinson on Eph 11°. We may adda few citations from the papyri. In PSI VI. 584!" (iii/p.c.) Agesilaus writes to Zeno asking him to “‘make arrangements” for the transport of certain quantities of barley and wheat in order that he may receive them—el δύνη (ιν οὖν μοι αὐτὰς οἰκονομήσασθαι ἵν[α] αὐτὰς ἀπενένκωμαι : cf. 2. 597° (iii/B.c.) καλῶς ποιήσεις... οἰκονομησάμενος περὶ τῆς εἰσόδου, and BGU IV. 1209} (B.C. 23) τοῖς ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν οἰκονομηθησομένοις. In P Eleph 9° (B.C. 223--22) an official summons a subordinate to appear before him bringing with him all his writings and official documents—kopif{ov [π]άντα τὰ γράμματα καὶ [el τι ἄλ]λο ὠικονόμηκ[ας] καὶ ὧν πεποίnora διαγραφῶν τὰ ἀντίγραφα, and in P Oxy IX. 1203%7 (late i/A.D.) certain petitioners ask that their positions should be communicated to the collector of external debts in order that he ‘may take no step against us . . before the trial of the case’’ (Ed.)—pndtv καθ᾽’ ἡμῶν οἰκονομήσῃ μέχρι
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
οἰκονομέω (oikonomeō) — to manage. οἰκονομ-έω, manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, θαλάμους πατρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτα (i.e. meats) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. dispense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; disburse, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
3. treat a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ. treat, handle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so (in middle) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, τὰ σκέμματα.. ᾠκονομήσθω [Refs 1st c.BC+]
4. of public officers, administer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. intransitive, to be a house-steward, [NT]