Oîkos — G3624

G3624 · Greek — οἶκος

Pronunciation: oy'-kos

Definition

masculine noun

a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)

  1. a house
    1. strictly, an inhabited house (differing thus from δόμος the building)
    2. any building whatever
    3. any dwelling-place
  2. by metonymy, the inmates of a house, all the persons forming one family, a household
  3. stock, race, descendants of one (A. V. house)

Usually translated as

house, home, household, temple

Origin

of uncertain affinity

Occurrences

Oîkos occurs 111 times in 104 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (9), Mark (11), Luke (32), John (4), Acts (22), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (4), Colossians (1), 1 Timothy (5), 2 Timothy (2), Titus (1), Philemon (1), Hebrews (9), 1 Peter (2)

Strong's Lexicon — O