Oikonomía — G3622

Definition

feminine noun

administration (of a household or estate); specially, a (religious) "economy"

Usually translated as

dispensation, stewardship

Origin

from G3623

• oikonómos (G3623)

Occurrences

Oikonomía occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (3), 1 Corinthians (1), Ephesians (2), Colossians (1), 1 Timothy (1)

• Luke 16:2 — And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship (οἰκονομίας); for thou mayest be no longer steward.
• Luke 16:3 — Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship (οἰκονομίαν): I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
• Luke 16:4 — I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship (οἰκονομίας), they may receive me into their houses.
• 1 Corinthians 9:17 — For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation (οἰκονομίαν) of the gospel is committed unto me.
• Ephesians 1:10 — That in the dispensation (οἰκονομίαν) 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 3:2 — If ye have heard of the dispensation (οἰκονομίαν) of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
• Colossians 1:25 — Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation (οἰκονομίαν) of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
• 1 Timothy 1:4 — Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying (οἰκονομίαν) which is in faith: so do.