What does οἰκεῖος (oikeîos) mean in the Bible?
οἰκεῖος (oikeîos): Belonging to one's household or family; opposite to stranger or outsider, emphasizing intimate kinship.
Greek · G3609
οἰκεῖος
Of one’s household
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οἰκεῖοςG3609
Pronunciationoikeîos
What does οἰκεῖος (oikeîos) mean in the Bible?
οἰκεῖος (oikeîos): Belonging to one's household or family; opposite to stranger or outsider, emphasizing intimate kinship.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3609?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include family (1), household (1), members of God’s household (1).
Where does οἰκεῖος (oikeîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Galatians 6:10. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Ephesians (1), Galatians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itfamily1×Galatians 6:10
household1×1 Timothy 5:8
members of God’s household1×Ephesians 2:19
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGalatians 6:10
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Galatians1Ephesians11 Timothy1
Source forms
οἰκεῖοι1xoikeioiEphesians 2:19
οἰκείους1xoikeiousGalatians 6:10
οἰκείων1xoikeiōn1 Timothy 5:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1xGalatians 6:10
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural1x1 Timothy 5:8
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xEphesians 2:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Belonging to one's household or family; opposite to stranger or outsider, emphasizing intimate kinship.
Strong'sG3609
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkEphesians 2:19Source Gloss
of one’s household
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Galatians 6:10Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
οἰκείουςoikeiouv
of one's family, domestic
Read verseEphesians 2:19Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
οἰκεῖοιoikeioi
of one's family, domestic
Read verse1 Timothy 5:8Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
οἰκείωνoikeiwn
of one's family, domestic
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineEph 2:191×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine1 Tim 5:81×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineGal 6:101×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Members of God's family or household, metaphorically applied to believers
Members of the faith community, those belonging to the family of believers
Family members and kinsmen, literal household relations with practical obligations
Word Origins
οἰκεῖος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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