What does οἰκέτης (oikétēs) mean in the Bible?
οἰκέτης (oikétēs): Household slave bound to domestic service, distinct from διάκονος which emphasizes functional service role
Greek · G3610
οἰκέτης
Slave
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οἰκέτης G3610
Pronunciation oikétēs
What does οἰκέτης (oikétēs) mean in the Bible?
οἰκέτης (oikétēs): Household slave bound to domestic service, distinct from διάκονος which emphasizes functional service role
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3610?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include servant (2), servants (2), household (1).
Where does οἰκέτης (oikétēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:45. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Acts (1), Luke (1), Matthew (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 It servant 2× Luke 16:13, Romans 14:4
servants 2× Acts 10:7, 1 Peter 2:18
household 1× Matthew 24:45
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 24:45 οἰκετείας to household Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 16:13 οἰκέτης to servant Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 10:7 οἰκετῶν to servants Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Romans 14:4 οἰκέτην to servant Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Peter 2:18 οἰκέται to Servants Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 24:45
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Acts 1 Romans 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
οἰκέται 1x oiketai 1 Peter 2:18
οἰκετείας 1x oiketeias Matthew 24:45
οἰκέτην 1x oiketēn Romans 14:4
οἰκέτης 1x oiketēs Luke 16:13
οἰκετῶν 1x oiketōn Acts 10:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Romans 14:4
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 24:45
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 10:7
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 16:13
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Peter 2:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Household slave bound to domestic service, distinct from διάκονος which emphasizes functional service role
Strong's G3610
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 16:13 Source Gloss
slave
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Household slave bound to domestic service, distinct from διάκονος which emphasizes functional service role
(οἰκέω), [in LXX for עֶבֶד ;] a house-servant: Luk.16:13, Rom.14:4; pl., Act.10:7, 1Pe.2:18 (In Plat., Hdt., Sir.4:30 6:11, the pl. includes all the inmates of the house, the familia, οἰκετεία.) SYN.. see: διάκονος
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 16:13 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
οἰκέτης oikethv
a household servant
Read verse Acts 10:7 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
οἰκετῶν oiketwn
a household servant
Read verse Romans 14:4 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
οἰκέτην; oikethn
a household servant
Read verse 1 Peter 2:18 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
οἰκέται, oiketai
a household servant
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:13 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Pet 2:18 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 10:7 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rom 14:4 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
household slave unable to serve two masters simultaneously
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
οἰκέτης is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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