What does οἰκοδεσποτέω (oikodespotéō) mean in the Bible?
οἰκοδεσποτέω (oikodespotéō): Exercise household authority as master; implies managing domestic affairs and maintaining proper family order.
Greek · G3616
οἰκοδεσποτέω
To manage a house
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οἰκοδεσποτέωG3616
Pronunciationoikodespotéō
What does οἰκοδεσποτέω (oikodespotéō) mean in the Bible?
οἰκοδεσποτέω (oikodespotéō): Exercise household authority as master; implies managing domestic affairs and maintaining proper family order.
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How does the BSB render G3616?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [and] manage their households (1).
Where does οἰκοδεσποτέω (oikodespotéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 5:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It[and] manage their households1×1 Timothy 5:14
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First aligned row1 Timothy 5:14
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Timothy1
Source forms
οἰκοδεσποτεῖν1xoikodespotein1 Timothy 5:14
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Infinitive Active1x1 Timothy 5:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Exercise household authority as master; implies managing domestic affairs and maintaining proper family order.
Strong'sG3616
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Study link1 Timothy 5:14Source Gloss
to manage a house
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Exercise household authority as master; implies managing domestic affairs and maintaining proper family order.
(οἰκοδεσπότης) to rule a household: 1Ti.5:14.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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1 Timothy 5:14Verb Present Active Infinitive
οἰκοδεσποτεῖν,oikodespotein
I manage a household
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
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Tenses
Voices
Infinitiveverbal noun — the action in abstract1×
Present Active1 Tim 5:141×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present1
Voice
active1
Mood
infinitive1
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Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
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Biblical Witnesses
instruction for younger widows to establish household management and domestic responsibilities
Word Origins
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