What does οἰκεῖος · πίστις mean in the Bible?
οἰκεῖος · πίστις is a Greek phrase meaning "members of the household of faith".
Greek · G3609, G4102
οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως
Of one’s household · faith
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οἰκεῖος G3609 of one’s household
Pronunciation oikeîos
Belonging to one's household or family; opposite to stranger or outsider, emphasizing intimate kinship.
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πίστις G4102 faith
Pronunciation pístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
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What does οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως (oikeious tēs pisteōs) mean in the Bible?
οἰκεῖος · πίστις is a Greek phrase meaning "members of the household of faith".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3609, G4102?
G3609, G4102 is connected to 3 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. members of the household of faith
Source Gloss
members of the household of faith
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (3)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Eph 2:19 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine 1 Tim 5:8 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Gal 6:10 1×
Word Origins
οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως is built from this root:
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