οἶκος
oikos
“house: home”
Definition
a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)
of uncertain affinity;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
οἶκος appears 105 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.
And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.