Management
οἰκονομίαStrong’s G3622oikonomia
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Oikonomia is the Greek word usually translated “administration”, “stewardship” and “management”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.”
Meaning
Usually translated “administration”, “stewardship” and “management”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- administration 4
- stewardship 2
- management 2
- a stewardship 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- Ephesians 3
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Colossians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 16:2And 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 16:3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
- Luke 16:4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
- 1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
- Ephesians 1:10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
- Ephesians 3:2If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
Greek dictionary
οἰκονομία oikonomia · management
οἰκονομία, -ας, ἡ (οἰκονομέω), [in LXX: Isa.22:19, 21 (מַצָּב, מֶמְשָׁלָה)* ;] 1. prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος, stewardship: Luk.16:2-4. 2. In later writers (Plut., al.; see AR on Eph.1:10; MM, xviii), generally, administration, dispensation: 1Co.9:17, Eph.1:10 3:2, 9, Col.1:25, 1Ti.1:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “management” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MAN'AGEMENT, noun
Conduct; administration; manner of treating, directing or carrying on; as the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs.
- Cunning practice; conduct directed by art, design or prudence; contrivance.
- Practice; transaction; dealing.
- Modulation; variation.
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.