Oikouménē — G3625

Definition

feminine noun

land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire

1. the inhabited earth
1. in Greek writings often the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians, cf. Passow, ii., p. 415a
2. in the Greek authors who wrote about Roman affairs (like the Latinorbis terrarum) equivalent to the Roman empire
3. the whole inhabited earth, the world
2. the universe, the world

Usually translated as

world, earth

Origin

feminine participle present passive of G3611 (as noun, by implication, of G1093)

• oikéō (G3611)
• gē (G1093)

Occurrences

Oikouménē occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (3), Acts (5), Romans (1), Hebrews (2), Revelation (3)

• Matthew 24:14 — And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world (οἰκουμένῃ) for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
• Luke 2:1 — And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world (οἰκουμένην) should be taxed.
• Luke 4:5 — And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world (οἰκουμένης) in a moment of time.
• Luke 21:26 — Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth (οἰκουμένῃ): for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
• Acts 11:28 — And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world (οἰκουμένην): which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar.
• Acts 17:6 — And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down (οἰκουμένην) are come hither also;
• Acts 17:31 — Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world (οἰκουμένην) in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Acts 19:27 — So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world (οἰκουμένῃ) worshippeth.
• Acts 24:5 — For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world (οἰκουμένην), and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
• Romans 10:18 — But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world (οἰκουμένης).
• Hebrews 1:6 — And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world (οἰκουμένην), he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
• Hebrews 2:5 — For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world (οἰκουμένην) to come, whereof we speak.
• Revelation 3:10 — Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world (οἰκουμένης), to try them that dwell upon the earth.
• Revelation 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world (οἰκουμένην): he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
• Revelation 16:14 — For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world (οἰκουμένης), to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.