Word study · lex.G3623
οἰκονόμος oikonomos
household manager · steward · city treasurer
Team definition
A masculine noun for the manager of a household or estate, usually a slave or freedman, and more widely an administrator or steward. With “of the city” (Rom 16:23) it names a civic manager; some English versions render that phrase “treasurer,” as in “the city treasurer” (BSB). The entry records those lexical uses. It does not identify a named person with an inscription or fix a later civic rank.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 10
Senses
1. manager of a household or estate Luke 12:42, Luke 16:1
2. administrator or steward in a wider sense 1 Cor 4:1, Titus 1:7, 1 Pet 4:10
3. city manager, rendered treasurer Rom 16:23
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. οἰκονόμος (G3623)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G3623
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
Amanuensis, companions, and the doxology (16:21–27) Rom 16:21; Rom 16:22; Rom 16:23; Rom 16:24; Rom 16:25; Rom 16:26; Rom 16:27