GreekG3609Adjective

οἰκεῖος

oikeios

“of one’s household”

3Occurrences

G3609Strong's #

AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

domestic, i.e. (as noun), a relative, adherent

from G3624 (οἶκος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

in or of the house (opposite to ξένος, ἀλλότριος); (a) of things; τὰ οἰ., household affairs or goods; (b) of persons, of the same family or kin., οἱ οἰ., kinsmen: πίστεως.† SYN,: συγγενής, *ἴδιος *(see Cremer, 446; Deiss., BS, 123)

LXX: for דּוֹד, שְׁאֵר, etc.; in, οἰ. τοῦ σπέρματος for בָּשָׂר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

οἰκεῖος appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Timothy

Ephesians

Galatians

Key Passages

1 Timothy 5:8BSB

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Ephesians 2:19BSB

Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

Galatians 6:10BSB

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.