G3624: οἶκος (oîkos)

G3624 οἶκος (oîkos)

Greek

Quick Definition

οἶκος, ου, ὁ n.m. a house, household

Strong's Definition

of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: home, house(-hold), temple

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

οἶκος (G3624)

noun, m. | -ου | οἰκέω

7.2 · Constructions · Buildings

house, temple, sanctuary a building consisting of one or more rooms and normally serving as a dwelling place (οἶκος[a] also includes certain public buildings, for example, a temple. The extension of οἶκος[a] to include temples may be the result of speaking of a temple as the dwelling place of the deity.) For a discussion of certain translational problems related to οἶκος[a], see 7.3.

MAT 9:6 · MAT 9:7 · MAT 11:8 · MAT 12:4 · MAT 12:44 · MAT 21:13 · MAT 21:13 · MAT 23:38 · MRK 2:1 · MRK 2:11 · MRK 2:26 · MRK 3:20 · MRK 5:19 · MRK 5:38 · MRK 7:17 · MRK 7:30 · MRK 8:3 · MRK 8:26 · MRK 9:28 · MRK 11:17 · MRK 11:17 · LUK 1:23 · LUK 1:40 · LUK 1:56 · LUK 5:24 · LUK 5:25 · LUK 6:4 · LUK 7:10 · LUK 7:36 · LUK 8:39 · LUK 8:41 · LUK 9:61 · LUK 11:17 · LUK 11:17 · LUK 11:24 · LUK 11:51 · LUK 12:39 · LUK 13:35 · LUK 14:1 · LUK 14:23 · LUK 15:6 · LUK 16:4 · LUK 18:14 · LUK 19:5 · LUK 19:46 · LUK 19:46 · JHN 2:16 · JHN 2:16 · JHN 2:17 · JHN 7:53 · JHN 11:20 · ACT 2:2 · ACT 2:46 · ACT 5:42 · ACT 7:47 · ACT 7:49 · ACT 8:3 · ACT 10:22 · ACT 10:30 · ACT 11:12 · ACT 11:13 · ACT 16:15 · ACT 16:34 · ACT 19:16 · ACT 20:20 · ACT 21:8 · ROM 16:5 · 1CO 11:34 · 1CO 14:35 · 1CO 16:19 · COL 4:15 · PHM 1:2 · HEB 3:2 · HEB 3:3 · HEB 3:4 · HEB 3:5 · HEB 10:21 · 1PE 2:5

10.8 · Kinship Terms · Groups and Members of Groups of Persons Regarded as Related by Blood but without Special Reference to Successive Generations

family, household the family consisting of those related by blood and marriage, as well as slaves and servants, living in the same house or homestead In a number of languages the equivalent of οἶκος[b] or οἰκία[b] would be ‘those who live together’ or ‘those who have the same fence’ (this being a reference to a group of huts surrounded by a fence and thus constituting a single so-called ‘family unit’).
In ACT 7:10 οἶκος can mean the household over which Joseph was placed, or it can mean the property of Pharaoh (see 57.21).

LUK 10:5 · LUK 11:17 · LUK 11:17 · LUK 12:52 · LUK 16:27 · LUK 19:9 · ACT 7:10 · ACT 7:20 · ACT 10:2 · ACT 11:14 · ACT 16:15 · ACT 16:31 · ACT 18:8 · 1CO 1:16 · 1TI 3:4 · 1TI 3:5 · 1TI 3:12 · 1TI 3:15 · 1TI 5:4 · 2TI 1:16 · 2TI 4:19 · TIT 1:11 · HEB 3:2 · HEB 3:6 · HEB 3:6 · HEB 11:7 · 1PE 4:17

10.24 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

lineage, family line persons of successive generations who are related by birth In biblical times the reckoning of a lineage was somewhat complex in view of certain distinctions between legal and biological relations. The focus of meaning in γένεσις[b], οἶκος[c], and πατριά[a] is not, however, the list of ancestors, but the lineage of successively related persons to which the reference person belongs. Some scholars, however, interpret γένεσις[c] history, 33.19).
In some languages a successive series of ancestors is called ‘the forefathers’ or ‘those to whom one looks back’ or ‘those who have gone ahead.’ In other languages a lineage is referred to as ‘a person’s root’ or ‘a man’s trunk’ (referring to the trunk of a tree).
In LUK 2:4 there appears to be no significant difference in meaning between οἶκος and πατριά, and in some receptor languages it would be sufficient to use a single term essentially equivalent to ‘lineage.’ The two terms appear to simply reinforce their shared meaning.

LUK 1:27 · LUK 1:33 · LUK 1:69 · LUK 2:4

57.21 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Have, Possess, Property, Owner

property, possessions (figurative extension of meaning of οἶκος[a] ‘house,’ 7.2) possessions associated with a house and household The rendering ‘property’ seems to be far more justified by the context and by general usage than the more common meaning of ‘household’ (see 10.8).

ACT 7:10

11.58 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Political

Collocation: οἶκος Ἰσραήλ · οἶκος Ἰούδα

the people of Israel, the nation of Israel (idioms, literally: house of Israel, and: house of Judah, respectively) the people of Israel as an ethnic entity In translating the expression ‘the people of Israel’ it may be necessary to use an appositional phrase, for example, ‘the people, namely, Israel’ or a relative clause which also serves an appositional function, for example, ‘the people who are Israel.’ In some languages it may be preferable to use a term such as ‘nation’ followed by some expression which will indicate that Israel is simply the name of the nation, for example, ‘the nation called Israel.’

MAT 10:6 · MAT 15:24 · ACT 2:36 · ACT 7:42 · HEB 8:8 · HEB 8:8 · HEB 8:10

94.18

Temple a building consisting of one or more rooms and serving as a place of worship

MAT 12:4 · MAT 21:13 · MAT 21:13 · MAT 23:38 · MRK 2:26 · MRK 11:17 · MRK 11:17 · LUK 6:4 · LUK 11:51 · LUK 13:35 · LUK 19:46 · LUK 19:46 · JHN 2:16 · JHN 2:16 · JHN 2:17 · ACT 7:47 · HEB 3:5 · HEB 10:21 · 1PE 2:5

94.19

dwelling a building consisting of one or more rooms and serving as a dwelling place

MAT 9:6 · MAT 9:7 · MAT 12:44 · MRK 2:1 · MRK 2:11 · MRK 3:20 · MRK 5:19 · MRK 5:38 · MRK 7:17 · MRK 7:30 · MRK 8:3 · MRK 8:26 · MRK 9:28 · LUK 1:23 · LUK 1:40 · LUK 1:56 · LUK 5:24 · LUK 5:25 · LUK 7:10 · LUK 7:36 · LUK 8:39 · LUK 8:41 · LUK 9:61 · LUK 11:24 · LUK 12:39 · LUK 14:1 · LUK 14:23 · LUK 15:6 · LUK 16:4 · LUK 18:14 · LUK 19:5 · JHN 7:53 · JHN 11:20 · ACT 2:2 · ACT 2:46 · ACT 5:42 · ACT 8:3 · ACT 10:22 · ACT 10:30 · ACT 11:12 · ACT 11:13 · ACT 16:15 · ACT 16:34 · ACT 19:16 · ACT 20:20 · ACT 21:8 · ROM 16:5 · 1CO 11:34 · 1CO 14:35 · 1CO 16:19 · COL 4:15 · PHM 1:2 · HEB 3:3 · HEB 3:4

¹ MRK 2:1 The Greek phrase ἐν οἴκῳ is the normal expression meaning at home, that is, being in a dwelling which a person owns or rents. The statement in MRK 2:1 would indicate that Jesus had moved from Nazareth.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

οἶκος, -ου, ὁ, [ef. Lat. views, Eng. ending -wich; Curtius § 95], fr. Hom. down; Sept. in numberless places for 13, also for ‘on a palace, mk a tent, ete.; 1. a house; a. strictly, an inhabited house [differing thus fr. δόμος the building]: Acts ii. 2; xix. 16; τινός, Mt. ix. 6 sq.; Mk. ii. 11; v. 38; Lk. i. 23, 40, 56; viii. 39, 41, εἴς. ; ἔρχεσθαι eis οἶκον, to come into a house (domum venire), Mk. iii. 20 (19); εἰς τὸν οἶκον, into the (i. 6. his or their) house, home, Lk. vii. 10; xv. 6; ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, in the (her) house, Jn. xi. 20; ἐν οἴκῳ, at home, 1 Co. xi. 34; xiv. 35; of εἰς τὸν οἶκον (see eis, C. 2), Lk. ix. 61; κατ᾽ οἶκον, opp. to ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, in a household assembly, in private, [R. V. at home; see κατά, II. 1 d.], Acts ii. 46; ν. 42; κατ᾽ οἴκους, opp. to δημοσίᾳ, in private houses, [A. V. from house to house; see κατά, II. 3 a.], Acts xx. 20; κατὰ τοὺς οἴκους εἰσπορευόμενος, entering house after house, Acts viii. 3; ἡ κατ᾽ οἶκόν τινος ἐκκλησία, see ἐκκλησία, 4 Ὁ. aa. b. any building whatever: ἐμπορίου, In. ii. 16; προσευχῆς, Mt. xxi. 13; Mk. xi. 17; Lk. xix. 46; τοῦ βασιλέως, τοῦ ἀρχιερέως, the palace of etc., Mt. xi. 8; Lk. xxii. 54 [here T Tr WH οἰκία] ; τοῦ θεοῦ, the house where God was regarded as present, —of the tabernacle, Mt. xii. 4; Mk. ii. 26; Lk. vi. 4; of the temple at Jerusalem, Mt. xxi. 13; Mk. xi. 17; Lk. xix. 46; Jn. ii. 16 sq., (is. ἵν]. 5, 7); ef. Lk. xi. 51; Acts vii. 47, 49; of the heayenly sanctuary, Heb. x. 21 (οἶκος ἅγιος θεοῦ, of heaven, Deut. xxvi. 15; Bar. ii. 16); a body of Christians (a church), as pervaded by the Spirit and power of God, is called οἶκος πνευματικός, 1 Pet. ii. 5. c. any dwellingplace: of the human body as the abode of demons that possess it, Mt. xii. 44; Lk. xi. 24; (used in Grk. auth. also of tents and huts, and later, of the nests, stalls, lairs, of animals). univ. the place where one has fixed his residence, one’s settled abode, domicile: οἶκος ὑμῶν, of the city of Jerusalem, Mt. xxiii. 38; Lk. xiii. 35. 2. by meton. the inmates of a house, all the persons forming one family, a household: Lk. x.5; xi. 17 [al. refer this to 1, and take ἐπί either locally (see ἐπί, C. I. 1), or of succession (see emi, C. 1. 2¢.)]; xix.9; Acts vii. 10; x. 2; xi. 14; xvi. 31; xviii. 8; 1 Co.i.16; 1 Tim. iii. 4 sq.; v. 4; 2 Tim. i. 16; iv. 19; Heb. xi. 7; plur., 1 Tim. iii. 12; Tit. i. 11, (so also Gen. vii. 1; xlvii. 12, and often in Grk. auth.); metaph. and in a theocratic sense ὁ οἶκος tov θεοῦ, the family of God, of the Christian church, 1 Tim. iii. 15; 1 Pet.iv.17; of the church of the Old and New Testament, Heb. iii. 2, 5 sq. (Num. xii. 7). 3. stock, race, descendants of one, [A. V. house]: ὁ οἶκος Δαυΐδ, Lk. i. 27, 69; ii. 4, (1 K. xii. 16); otk. Ἰσραήλ, Mt. x.6; xv. 24; Lk.i. 33; Acts ii. 36; vii.42; [(6 otk. ᾿Ιακώβ), 46 LT Trmrg.]; Heb. viii. 8, 10, (Jer. xxxviii. (xxxi.) 31; Ex. vi. 14; xii. 3; xix.3; 1S. ii. 30; [οἷ 6 σεβαστὸς οἶκος, Philo in Flac. § 4]). The word is not found in the Apocalypse. [Syn. οἶκος, οἰκία: in Attic (and esp. legal) usage, οἶκος denotes one’s household establishment, one’s entire property, οἰκία, the dwelling itself; and in prose οἶκος is not used in the sense of οἰκία. In the sense of family οἶκος and οἰκία are alike employed; Schmidt vol. ii. ch. 80. In relation to distinctions (real or supposed) betw. οἶκος and οἰκία the foll. pass. are of interest (cf. Valckenaer on Hat. 7, 224): Xen. oecon. 1,5 οἶκος δὲ δὴ τί δοκεῖ ἡμῖν εἶναι; ἄρα ὕπερ οἰκία, ἢ καὶ ὅσα τις ἔξω τῆς οἰκίας κέκτηται, πάντα τοῦ οἴκου ταῦτά ἐστιν... πάντα τοῦ οἴκον εἶναι ὅσα τις κέκτηται. Aristot. polit. 1, 2 p. 1252, 9 sqq. ἐκ μὲν οὖν τούτων τῶν δύο κοινωνιῶν (viz. of a man with wife and servant) οὐκ ia πρώτη, kat ὀρθῶς Ἡσίοδος εἶπε ποιήσας “οἶκον μὲν πρώτιστα γυναῖκά τε βοῦν τ᾽ ἀροτῆρα """... ἣ μὲν οὖν εἰς πᾶσαν ἡμέραν συνεστηκυῖα κοινωνία κατὰ φύσιν οἷ κό 5 ἐστιν. ibid. 3 p. 1958", 5 sqq. πᾶσα πόλις ἐξ οἰκιῶν σύγκειται" οἰκίας δὲ μέρη, ἐξ ὧν αὖθις οἰκία συνίσταται" οἰκία δὲ τέλειος ἐκ δούλων κ. ἐλευθέρων... . πρῶτα δὲ καὶ ἐλάχιστα μέρη οἰκίας δεσπότης kK. δοῦλος kK. πόσις κ. ἄλοχος κ. πατὴρ κ. τέκνα ete. Plut. de audiend. poetis ὃ 6 καὶ γὰρ Olkdy ποτε μὲν τὴν οἰκίαν καλοῦσιν, “ οἶκον ἐς ὑψόροφον" ποτὲ δὲ τὴν οὐσίαν, “ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶκος" (see οἰκία, ο.) Hesych. Lex. 8. ν. οἰκία: οἶκοι 8.0. οἶκος" ὀλίγη οἰκία ... καὶ μέρος τι τῆς οἰκίας... καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ. In the N. T., although the words appear at times to be used with some discrimination (e. g. Lk. x. 5,6,7; Acts xvi. 31, 32, 34; οἵ. Jn. xiv. 2), yet other pass. seem to show that no distinetion can be insisted upon: e. g. Mt. ix.23; Mk.v.38; Lk. vii. 36, 87; Acts'x. 17, (22,82); xvii. δ. xix: 16; xxi 8; χὶ 11; 12,13; xvi. 15; (1 Co. i. 16; xvi. 15).]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

οἶκος oikos 114x

a house, dwelling, Mt. 9:6, 7; Mk. 2:1, 11; 3:20; place of abode, seat, site, Mt. 23:38; Lk. 13:35; met. a spiritual house or structure, 1 Pet. 2:5; meton. a household, family, Lk. 10:5; 11:17; a spiritual household, 1 Tim. 3:15; Heb. 3:6; family, lineage, Lk. 1:27, 69; 2:4; from the Hebrew, a people, nation, Mt. 10:6; 15:24

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

οἶκος, -οῦ, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for הֵיכָל, אֹהֶל, etc.;]

prop., a house, dwelling: Ac 2:2 19:16; c. gen. poss., Mt 9:6, 7, Mk 2:11, Lk 1:23, al.; c. gen. attrib., ἐμπορίου, Jo 2:16; προσευχῆς, Mt 21:13, al.; of a sanctuary (Hdt., Eur.): οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, of the tabernacle, Mt 12:4, al.; the temple, Mt 21:13, al.; metaph. of a city: Mt 23:38, Lk 13:35; of the body, Mt 12:44, Lk 11:24; of Christians, I Pe 2:5; ἐν οἴ (M, Pr., 81 f.), at home, Mk 2:1, I Co 11:34 14:35; so κατ’ οἶκον, Ac 2:46 5:42; οἱ εἰς (= οἱ ἐν; v.s. εἰς) τ. οἶ., Lk 7:10 15:6; κατ’ οἴκους, from house to house, Ac 8:3 20:20; εἰς (κατ’) οἶκον, c. gen. (Bl., § 46, 9), Mk 8:3, Lk 14:1, Ro 16:5, al.

By meton., a house, household, family: Lk 10:5, Ac 7:10, I Co 1:16, I Ti 3:4, 5 al.; of the Church, ὁ οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, I Ti 3:15, He 3:2, I Pe 4:17; of descendants, οἶ Ἰσραήλ (Δαυείδ, Ἰακώβ; Bl, § 47, 9), Mt 10:6, Lk 1:27, 33, al. (cf. Ex 6:14, I Ki 2:30, al.).

SYN.: v.s. οἰκία.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

οἶκος. As illustrating the NT conception of the otkos πνευματukds and the οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ Thieme (p. 31) refers not only to the place which ‘‘the house of God” had in Jewish religion, but also to the ‘‘holy houses” of Greek antiquity, as preparing the way for the Christian usage (1 Tim 3}°, 1 Pet 417): see e.g. Magn 945 (ii/B.c.), where a certain Εὔφημος ἸΤαυσανίου νεωκόρος is praised for his liberality— eis T]O[v olk]Jov τὸν ἱερόν, 2. 1177 (Ist half ii/A.p.) τῷ ἱερῷ οἴκῳ τῶν ἐν Κλίδωνι, and Sy// 571 (-- 8 987)% (iv/B.c.), where mention is made of an οἶκος τεμένιος ἱερός in Chios. In Herodas i. 26 οἶκος τῆς θεοῦ refers to Aphrodite. From the fact that a tomb was often dedicated to a local deity, and hence became his ‘‘temple” or ‘‘home,” it is natural that οἶκος should be used in inscrr. in the sense of ““tomb,”’ as at Cibyra BCH ii. (1878), p. 610 f., and Magnesia Ζό. xviii. (1894) p. II (cited in C. azd B.i. p. 100 n.1): also Kazle/ 321° (after A.D. 171) καμάτου οἶκον. For οἶκος used in an astrological sense see P Lond οὗ γεζίο 1» αἰ. (i/ii A.D.) (=I. p. 127 ff.). The subst. in its ordinary application to “δὴ inhabited house’’ is found in such passages as P Oxy II. 2942 (A.D. 22) (= Selections, Ὁ. 35) ὁ ἐμ[ὸς] οἶκος ἠραύνητ[αι, ‘my house has been searched,” P Ry] IT. 127° (A.D. 29) ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας οὗ καταγείνομαι οἴκου ἐν τῷ ἐποικίωι, ‘fat the door of the house which I inhabit in the farmstead ” (Edd.), and the magical incantation P Oxy VIII. 1152° (v/vi A.D.) βοήθι ἡμῖν Kal τούτῳ οἴκῳ (for τούτῳ without article cf. Ac 2474). See also the prepositional phrases—év οἴκῳ, ‘fat home” (1 Cor 1194), P Lond 425 (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 30) ot ἐν οἴκωι πάντες, P Fay 1152? (A.D. 101): ἐξ οἴκου, ‘‘out of the house,” P Ryl II. 173 (a) (A.D. 99): and 76. 761912 (late ii/A.D.) where Kat’ οἶκον, ‘© according to households,” is contrasted with κατὰ πρόσωmov, ‘‘according to individuals.’’ For a wide sense in

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

οἶκος (oikos) — house: home. οἶκος, ὁ, house, not only of built houses, but of any dwelling-place, as that of Achilles at Troy (see. κλισία), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the Cyclops' cave, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a tent, [LXX]; οἶκον ἱκάνεται is coming home, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς or ἐς οἶκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου from home, [Refs]; compare οἰκία. __b frequently omitted after εἰς or ἐν, see at {εἰς} [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. room, chamber, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; dining-hall, ἑπτάκλινος οἶ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; room in a temple, [Refs] frequently, = a single house, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων domestic griefs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς or πρὸς οἴκους, [Refs]; κατ᾽ οἴκους at home, within, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. of public buildings, meeting-house, hall, οἶ. Κηρύκων [Refs] of treasuries at Delos, [Refs 5th c.AD+]., see at {ἐγκριτήριος}; temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ οἴ. τοῦ Ἄμμωνος [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὁ οἶ. [τοῦ θεοῦ] [NT]; of a funerary monument, [Refs]; ἀΐδιοι οἶ., i.e. tombs, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

4. cage for birds, [Refs] (assuming variant, οἰκ[ίσκ]ῳ Valck.); beehive, [Refs]

5. Astrology texts, domicile of a planet, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. one's household goods, substance [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Attic dialect law, estate, inheritance, οἶκον κατασχεῖν τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare οἰκία.

III. a reigning house, οἶ. ὁ βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of any family, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; οἶ. Σεβαστός, = domus Augusta, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: cf. Sanskrit veśás, viś- 'house', Latin vicus, vicinus, etc.)

οἶκος (oikos) — house: household. οἶκος, ὁ, house, not only of built houses, but of any dwelling-place, as that of Achilles at Troy (see. κλισία), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the Cyclops' cave, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a tent, [LXX]; οἶκον ἱκάνεται is coming home, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς or ἐς οἶκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου from home, [Refs]; compare οἰκία. __b frequently omitted after εἰς or ἐν, see at {εἰς} [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. cage for birds, [Refs] (assuming variant, οἰκ[ίσκ]ῳ Valck.); beehive, [Refs]

5. Astrology texts, domicile of a planet, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. one's household goods, substance [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Attic dialect law, estate, inheritance, οἶκον κατασχεῖν τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare οἰκία.