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GreekG3625Noun (Feminine)

οἰκουμένη

oikoumenē

16Occurrences
G3625Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire

feminine participle present passive of G3611 (οἰκέω) (as noun, by implication, of G1093 (γῆ));

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
the inhabited earth; (a) in cl., the countries occupied by Greeks, as disting. from barbarian lands (Hdt., Dem.); (b) in later writers, the Roman world: by meton., of its inhabitants : (with) in LXX and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: ; by meton. (ut supr.),; (d) of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ *μέλλουσα *= ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων.
LXX: chiefly for תֵּבֵל, אֶרֶץ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

οἰκουμένη appears 16 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
5
Revelation
4
Luke
3
Hebrews
2
Matthew
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

Acts 11:28BSB

One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

Acts 19:27BSB

There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”

Hebrews 2:5BSB

For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

Luke 4:5BSB

Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

Revelation 16:14BSB

These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

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