3609. oikeios
Strong's Lexicon
oikeios: Belonging to a household, domestic, related by family

Original Word: οἰκεῖος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: oikeios
Pronunciation: oy-KAY-ee-os
Phonetic Spelling: (oy-ki'-os)
Definition: Belonging to a household, domestic, related by family
Meaning: of one's family, domestic, intimate.

Word Origin: Derived from οἶκος (oikos), meaning "house" or "household."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "oikeios," the concept of household and familial belonging can be related to Hebrew terms like בַּיִת (bayit, Strong's H1004), meaning "house" or "household."

Usage: The term "oikeios" is used in the New Testament to describe someone who is part of a household or family. It conveys a sense of belonging and intimate association, often used metaphorically to describe spiritual kinship among believers.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of the household (oikos) was central to social structure. The household included not only the nuclear family but also extended family members, slaves, and servants. Being "oikeios" implied a close, familial relationship, often with legal and social obligations. In the early Christian context, this term was used to emphasize the spiritual family formed by believers, transcending traditional family boundaries.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3609: οἰκεῖος

οἰκεῖος, οἰκεῖα, οἰκεῖον (οἶκος), from Hesiod down, belonging to a house or family, domestic, intimate: belonging to one's household, related by blood, kindred, 1 Timothy 5:8; οἰκεῖοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, belonging to God's household, i. e. to the theocracy, Ephesians 2:19; in a wider sense, with a genitive of the thing, belonging to, devoted to, adherents of a thing, οἱ οἰκεῖοι τῆς πίστεως, professors of the (Christian) faith, Galatians 6:10 (but others associate this passage with that from Ephesians as above; see Lightfoot at the passage); so οἰκεῖος φιλοσοφίας, Strabo 1, p. 13 b. (1, 17 edition Sieben.); γεωγραφιας, p. 25 a. (1, 34 edition Sieben.); ὀλιγαρχιας, Diodorus 13, 91; τυραννίδος, 19, 70. (The Sept. for שְׁאֵר, related by blood; דּוד, 1 Samuel 10:14ff; שַׁאֲרָה, consanguinity, Leviticus 18:17; οἰκεῖος τοῦ σπέρματος for בָּשָׂר, Isaiah 58:7.)

STRONGS NT 3609a: οἰκετείαοἰκετεία (others, οἰκετεία, cf. Chandler § 99ff), οἰκετείας, (οἰκέτης, which see), household i. e. body of servants (Macrobius, Appuleius ()famulitium, German Dienerschaft): Matthew 24:45 L T Tr WH. (Strabo, Lucian, Inscriptions; plural Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3),

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
those of the his own household.

From oikos; domestic, i.e. (as noun), a relative, adherent -- (those) of the (his own) house(-hold).

see GREEK oikos

Forms and Transliterations
οικεία οικείαί οικειοι οικείοι οἰκεῖοι οικείον οικειότητα οικείου οικειους οικείους οἰκείους οικείω οικειων οικείων οἰκείων oikeioi oikeîoi oikeion oikeiōn oikeíon oikeíōn oikeious oikeíous
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Englishman's Concordance
Galatians 6:10 Adj-AMP
GRK: πρὸς τοὺς οἰκείους τῆς πίστεως
NAS: to those who are of the household of the faith.
KJV: unto them who are of the household of faith.
INT: toward those of the household of the of faith

Ephesians 2:19 Adj-NMP
GRK: ἁγίων καὶ οἰκεῖοι τοῦ θεοῦ
NAS: and are of God's household,
KJV: and of the household of God;
INT: saints and of the household of God

1 Timothy 5:8 Adj-GMP
GRK: καὶ μάλιστα οἰκείων οὐ προνοεῖ
NAS: and especially for those of his household, he has denied
KJV: specially for those of his own house, he hath denied
INT: and especially [his] household not does provide for

Strong's Greek 3609
3 Occurrences


οἰκείων — 1 Occ.
οἰκεῖοι — 1 Occ.
οἰκείους — 1 Occ.

















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