Midvash

οἰκίαoikía

properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)

Greek (New Testament) · G3614

Meanings

a house, dwelling: Matthew 2:11, Matthew 7:24-27, Mark 1:29, and elsewhere; ἐν οἰκίᾳ (= classical Greek κατ ̓ οἰκίαν), at home, Luke 8:27; εἰς οἰ., 2 John 1:10; οἰ, with genitive of person, usually has the article (Matthew 8:14, and elsewhere, but cf. οἶκος and see Bl., § 46, 9); ἡ οἰ. τ. πατρός μου, John 14:2. Metaph.

(a) of the body as the dwelling of the soul: 2 Corinthians 5:1

(b) of property (as בַּיִת, Genesis 45:18, LXX, τ. ὑπάρχοντα; 1 Kings 13:8, LXX, οἶκος) = οἶκος (see that word): Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47

(c) of the inmates of the dwelling, the household: Matthew 12:25; with genitive of person, John 4:53, 1 Corinthians 16:15.

Synonyms

οἶκος, which in Attic law denoted the whole estate, οἰκία, the dwelling only. In classical Greek poets οἶκος has also the latter sense, but not in prose, except in metaphorically usage, where it signifies both property and household. The foregoing distinction is not, however, consistently maintained in late Greek; cf. MM, ii, xvii, and see Thayer, under that word οἰκία.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 93 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
  • Matthew 5:15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.
  • Matthew 7:24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
  • Matthew 7:25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
  • Matthew 7:26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.
  • Matthew 7:27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.