What does οἰκία · οἶκος mean in the Bible?
οἰκία · οἶκος is a Greek phrase meaning "properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)".
Greek · G3614, G3624
οἰκίαν / οἴκῳ
Home · house: home
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οἰκία G3614 home
Pronunciation oikía
Physical dwelling structure itself, distinct from οἶκος which emphasizes the entire estate or household members.
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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 οἰκίαν / οἴκῳ (oikian / oikō) mean in the Bible?
οἰκία · οἶκος is a Greek phrase meaning "properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3614, G3624?
G3614, G3624 is connected to 93 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)
Source Gloss
properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 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 6 Aligned forms 93 Case pattern Accusative (47) Number pattern Singular (85)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 10:13 · Matt 12:25 · Mark 3:25 · John 4:53 · John 12:3 · Acts 10:6 · Acts 18:7 · 2 Cor 5:1 9×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 10:14 · Matt 13:1 · Matt 24:17 · Mark 13:15 · Mark 13:35 · Luke 6:49 · Luke 7:6 · Luke 10:7 · Luke 22:11 · Phil 4:22 10×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Acts 4:34 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:15 · Matt 7:25 · Matt 7:27 · Matt 8:6 · Matt 9:10 · Matt 13:57 · Matt 26:6 · Mark 2:15 · Mark 6:4 · Mark 9:33 · Mark 14:3 · Luke 5:29 · Luke 6:48 · Luke 7:37 · Luke 8:27 · Luke 10:7 26×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:11 · Matt 7:24 · Matt 7:26 · Matt 8:14 · Matt 9:23 · Matt 9:28 · Matt 10:12 · Matt 12:29 · Matt 13:36 · Matt 17:25 · Matt 24:43 · Mark 1:29 · Mark 3:27 · Mark 6:10 · Mark 7:24 · Mark 10:10 40×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 19:29 · Mark 10:30 · Mark 12:40 · Luke 20:47 · 1 Cor 11:22 · 1 Tim 5:13 · 2 Tim 3:6 7×
Word Origins
οἰκίαν / οἴκῳ 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