What does οἰκιακός (oikiakós) mean in the Bible?
οἰκιακός (oikiakós): Household members, those under the same roof; contrasts with master of the house
Greek · G3615
οἰκιακός
Member of a house
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οἰκιακός G3615
Pronunciation oikiakós
What does οἰκιακός (oikiakós) mean in the Bible?
οἰκιακός (oikiakós): Household members, those under the same roof; contrasts with master of the house
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3615?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include household (2).
Where does οἰκιακός (oikiakós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2).
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 household 2× Matthew 10:25, Matthew 10:36
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:25
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Matthew 2
Source forms
οἰκιακοὶ 1x oikiakoi Matthew 10:36
οἰκιακοὺς 1x oikiakous Matthew 10:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 10:25
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 10:36
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Household members, those under the same roof; contrasts with master of the house
Strong's G3615
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
member of a house
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:25 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
οἰκιακοὺς oikiakouv
one of a family
Read verse Matthew 10:36 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
οἰκιακοὶ oikiakoi
one of a family
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:36 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:25 1×
Word Origins
οἰκιακός 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