What does ἕκαστος · οἶκος mean in the Bible?
ἕκαστος · οἶκος is a Greek phrase meaning "each one to his own house".
Greek · G1538, G3624
ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
Each or every · house: home
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ἕκαστος G1538 each or every
Pronunciation hékastos
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οἶκος G3624 house: home
Pronunciation oîkos
Physical dwelling expands metonymically to household, family, lineage, and the Church as God's spiritual household.
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What does ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ (hekastos eis ton oikon autou) mean in the Bible?
ἕκαστος · οἶκος is a Greek phrase meaning "each one to his own house".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1538, G3624?
G1538, G3624 is connected to 81 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. each one to his own house
Source Gloss
each one to his own house
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 81 Case pattern Nominative (42) Number pattern Singular (79)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 18:35 · Matt 26:22 · Luke 2:3 · Luke 13:15 · John 6:7 · John 16:32 · Acts 2:6 · Acts 2:8 · Acts 2:38 · Acts 11:29 · Rom 14:5 · Rom 14:12 · Rom 15:2 · 1 Cor 1:12 · 1 Cor 3:8 · 1 Cor 3:10 38×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Phil 2:4 2×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 6:44 1×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 7:2 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 17:27 · Acts 21:26 · 1 Cor 3:13 · 2 Thess 1:3 · 1 Pet 1:17 6×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Eph 4:16 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 16:27 · Matt 25:15 · Mark 13:34 · Luke 4:40 · John 19:23 · Acts 4:35 · Rom 2:6 · Rom 12:3 · 1 Cor 3:5 · 1 Cor 4:5 · 1 Cor 7:17 · 1 Cor 12:7 · 1 Cor 12:11 · 1 Cor 15:38 · Eph 4:7 · Col 4:6 19×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:5 · Acts 2:3 · Acts 3:26 · Acts 20:31 · 1 Cor 7:17 · 1 Thess 2:11 · 1 Thess 4:4 · Heb 6:11 · Heb 11:21 · Rev 22:2 10×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Acts 21:19 · 1 Cor 12:18 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 3:13 1×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain