Strong's G3623

οἰκονόμος(oikonómos)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel)

Derivation

from G3624 (οἶκος) and the base of G3551 (νόμος);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, οἰκονόμος is translated as: chamberlain, governor, steward.

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.