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To manage

οἰκονομέωStrong’s G3621

oikonomeō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Oikonomeō is the Greek word usually translated “manage”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.”
Luke 16:2 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “manage”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to manage 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    οἰκονομέω oikonomeō · to manage

    οἰκονομέω, -ῶ (οἰκονόμος), [in LXX: Psa.112:5 (כּוּל pilp.), 2Ma.3:14 * ;] to manage as house-steward, be a steward: absol., Luk.16:2; hence, generally (see: οἰκονομία), to manage, regulate, arrange (cl., 2Mac, Lc., 3Ma.3:2 R).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “manage” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    MAN'AGE, verb transitive

    1. To conduct; to carry on; to direct the concerns of; as, to manage a farm; to manage the affairs of a family.
    2. To train or govern, as a horse.
    3. To govern; to control; to make tame or tractable; as, the buffalo is too refractory to be managed.
    4. To wield; to move or use in the manner desired; to have under command.
    All definitions and other forms of “manage”
    1. To make subservient.
    2. To husband; to treat with caution or sparingly.
    3. To treat with caution or judgment; to govern with address.

    MAN'AGE, verb intransitive

    To direct or conduct affairs; to carry on concerns or business.

      MAN'AGE, noun

      Conduct; administration; as the manage of the state or kingdom.

      1. Government; control, as of a horse, or the exercise of riding him.
      2. Discipline; governance; direction.
      3. Use; application or treatment.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.