Quick Definition
οἰκονόμος, ου, ὁ n.m. a steward
Strong's Definition
from 3624 and the base of 3551; a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel)
KJV Usage: chamberlain, governor, steward
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | οἰκέω + νομίζω
46.4 · Household Activities
manager of a household, steward one who is in charge of running a household It may be necessary in some languages to indicate that οἰκονόμος[a] was a person hired to engage in a particular activity, and therefore in LUK 16:1 it may be necessary to say ‘there was a rich man who had hired a man to manage his household.’
37.39 · Control, Rule · Exercise Authority
one who is in charge of, one who is responsible for, adminstrator, manager one who has the authority and responsibility for something
57.231 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Keep Records
Collocation: οἰκονόμος τῆς πόλεως
city treasurer (an idiom, literally: manager of a city) one who is in charge of the finances of a city
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἰκονόμος, του, ὁ, (οἶκος, νέμω [‘to dispense, manage]; Hesych. ὁ τὸν οἶκον νεμόμενος), the manager of a household or of household affairs; esp. a steward, manager, superintendent, (whether free-born, or, as was usually οἰκὸς the case, ἃ freed-man or slave) to whom the head of the house or proprietor has intrusted the management of his affairs, the care of receipts and expenditures, and the duty of dealing out the proper portion to every servant and even to the children not yet of age: LK. xii. 42; 1 Co. iv. 2; Gal. iv. 2; the manager of a farm or landed estate, an overseer, [A. V. steward]: Lk. xvi. 1, 3,8; 6 olk. τῆς πόλεως, the superintendent of the city’s finances, the treasurer of the city (Vulg. arcarius civitatis) : Ro. xvi. 23 (of the treasurers or quaestors of kings, Esth. viii. 9; 1 Esdr. iv. 49; Joseph. antt. 12, 4, 7; 11, 6,12, 8,6, 4). Metaph. the apostles and other Christian teachers (see οἰκονομία) are called oik. μυστηρίων τοῦ θεοῖ, as those to whom the counsels of God have been committed to be made known to men: 1 Co. iv. 1; a bishop (or overseer) is called οἰκονόμος θεοῦ, of God as the head and master of the Christian theocracy [see οἶκος, 2], Tit. i. 7; and any and every Christian who rightly uses the gifts intrusted to him by God for the good of his brethren, belongs to the class called καλοὶ οἰκονόμοι ποικίλης χάριτος θεοῦ, 1 Pet. iv. 10. (Aeschyl., Xen., Plat., Aristot., al.; for m3-y Sept. 1 K. iv. 6; xvi. 9. etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἰκονόμος oikonomos 10x
the manager of a household; a steward, Lk. 12:42; 16:1, 3, 8; 1 Cor. 4:2; a manager, trustee, Gal. 4:2; a public steward, treasurer, Rom. 16:23; a spiritual steward, the holder of a commission in the service of the Gospel, 1 Cor. 4:1; Tit. 1:7; 1 Pet. 4:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οἰκονόμος, -ου, ὁ
(< οἶκος + νέμω, to manage), [in LXX chiefly for עַל־הַבַּיִת;]
prop., the manager of a household or estate, a house- or land-steward (usually a slave or freedman): Lk 12:42 16:1, 3, 8, I Co 4:2, Ga 4:2; ὀ οἰ. τ. πόλεως (RV, treasurer; cf. I Es 4:49), Ro 16:23.
Metaph. (in wider sense; cf. οἰκονομία), an administrator, a steward: of Christian ministers, I Co 4:1, Tit 1:7; of Christians generally, I Pe 4:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οἰκονόμος in its literal sense of ‘‘ steward,’’ ‘‘manager of an estate” (as in Lk 12%, 1 Cor 4?) is found in P Tebt II. 4021 (A.D. 172) Mapte[. . .] οἰκονόμῳ Φλανίας ᾿Εἰπιμάχης καῇ] τῶν πρότερον ᾿Ιουλίας Καλλινίδος παρὰ Διδύμου οἰκοδόμου, “ἴο Mart . .., steward of Flavia Epimache and of the OlKOS property formerly belonging to Julia Kallinis, from Didymus, builder,’’ P Oxy VI. 929% (ii/iii a.p.) Νιννάρῳ oikovépw ᾿Απίωνος στρα(τηγοῦ), and P Fay 133? (iv/a.p.) ἀπέστειλα τὸν οἰκ[ον]όμον [Ἣ ρα]κλείδην πρὸς σὲ καθὰ ἠξίωσας] ἵνα τὴν διαταγὴν τῆς τρύγης ποιήσηται, ‘I have sent to you the steward Heraclides as you requested, to make arrangements about the vintage ”’ (Edd.). The meaning of ‘‘ treasurer” which is given to the word in Rom 1678 RV (cf. τ Esdr 449) is common both in Ptolemaic and in Roman times, though latterly the position sank much in importance: see P Tebt I. 5189 (Β.6. 118) with the editors’ note, and for later exx. zd. II. 296!" (A.D. 123) διέγραψε Σεκούνδῳ τῷ τοῦ k[v]piov Καίσαρος οἰκονόμῳ (‘‘procurator,”’ G.H.) (δραχμὰς) <A>, Ρ Oxy IV. 735° (A.D. 205) Κα αισάρων οἰκονόμου οὐικαρίου. From the inscrr. we may cite OG/S 501 (mid. iii/B.c.) τὸ δὲ ἀνάλωμα τὸ εἰς τὴν στήλην δοῦναι τὸν οἰ[κον]όμο[ν] Σωσίβιον, and Przene 68° (B.C. 330-29) τὸ δὲ ἀνάλωμα ὑπηρετῆσαι τὸν οἰκοϊνόμον with reference to defraying the expenses of an inscr. On the difficult usage of οἰκονόμος in Gal 45 to denote one who has charge of the person or estate of a minor, see Burton 7CC ad /oc. ; and against Mahaffy’s view on P Petr II. 18 (1) (B.c. 246) that the οἰκονόμος ‘‘ had authority to investigate criminal cases on appeals,’”’ see drchiv iv. p. 31 f. The title is discussed by Wilcken Chrest. I. i. p. 150 ff.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
οἰκονόμος (oikonomos) — manager. οἰκόνομ-ος, ὁ, ἡ, one who manages a household, ={οἰκοδεσπότης}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; steward of an estate, Ζήνωνι τῷ οἰ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; house-steward, being a slave, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. generally, manager, administrator, opposed to τύραννος, [Refs]
2. b title of a subordinate state official, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of a high financial officer, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; under a monarch, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in Egypt, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in charge of the Serapeum, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἱ Καίσαρος οἰ., = Latin procuratores Caesaris, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θεοῦ οἰ. minister of God, [NT]
II. as feminine, housekeeper, housewife, [Refs 6th c.BC+]