oikia · house

What it means

oikia (οἰκία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “house”.

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How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The building where a family lives.
2. The family who live under one roof.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

House, the dwelling; also those who live in it. It is of the same family as οἶκος (G3624), almost a synonym. Thayer: a house, a building; the family, the household.

• The house as a building: on the rock Matthew 7:24Mark 3:25
• Entering a house Matthew 2:11Matthew 10:12Luke 15:8
• “In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places” John 14:2
• The earthly house and the eternal one 2 Corinthians 5:1
• Those of the house: “those of Caesar’s household” Philippians 4:22

How we translate it

“House” 82 times, “houses” 6, “household” 3 when it is the people of the house (Philippians 4:22), “home” 1. It is translated the same as οἶκος, because English “house” serves for both; pointing at the word shows which one the Greek says.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• house ×82
• houses ×6
• household ×3
• home ×1
• households ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×25
• Mark×18
• Luke×24
• John×5
• Acts×12
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Philippians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×2
• 2 John×1

• Matthew 2:11

  And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell and bowed down before him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.

• Matthew 5:15

  Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

• Matthew 7:24

  “So everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

• Matthew 7:25

  And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

• Matthew 7:26

  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

• Matthew 7:27

  And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and struck that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.”

• Matthew 8:6

  and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, terribly tormented.”

• Matthew 8:14

  And coming into Peter’s house, Jesus saw his mother-in-law lying in bed and sick with a fever.

• Matthew 9:10

  And it happened, as he was reclining at table in the house, that look, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.

• Matthew 9:23

  And Jesus, coming into the ruler’s house and seeing the flute players and the crowd in an uproar,

• Matthew 9:28

  When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus says to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They say to him, “Yes, Lord.”

• Matthew 10:12

  As you enter the house, greet it.

• Matthew 10:13

  And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

• Matthew 10:14

  And whoever does not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out of that house or town, shake off the dust from your feet.

• Matthew 12:25

  But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every town or house divided against itself will not stand.

• Matthew 12:29

  Or how can anyone enter into the strong man’s house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

• Matthew 13:1

  On that day Jesus, going out of the house, was sitting beside the sea.

• Matthew 13:36

  Then leaving the crowds, he went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.”

• Matthew 13:57

  And they stumbled over him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his house.”

• Matthew 17:25

  He says, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke first to him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take tolls or tribute? From their sons or from strangers?”

• Matthew 19:29

  And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

• Matthew 24:17

  let the one on the housetop not come down to take the things out of his house;

• Matthew 24:43

  But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

• Matthew 26:6

  Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

• Mark 1:29

  And at once, having gone out of the synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

• Mark 2:15

  And it happens that he is reclining at table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and they were following him.

• Mark 3:25

  And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

• Mark 3:27

  But no one can enter into the strong man’s house and plunder his goods unless he first ties up the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

• Mark 6:4

  And Jesus was saying to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his house.”

• Mark 6:10

  And he was saying to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you leave from there.

• Mark 7:24

  And getting up from there, he went away into the region of Tyre. And he entered into a house and wanted no one to know it, and he could not escape notice.

• Mark 9:33

  And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house, he was asking them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

• Mark 10:10

  And in the house the disciples were asking him again about this.

• Mark 10:29

  Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for the sake of me and for the sake of the good news

• Mark 10:30

  who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

• Mark 12:40

  who devour the houses of widows and as a pretext pray long prayers. These will receive the greater condemnation.”

• Mark 13:15

  let the one on the housetop not come down nor go in to take anything out of his house;

• Mark 13:34

  It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave his slaves authority, to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

• Mark 13:35

  So keep watch, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or early in the morning;

• Mark 14:3

  And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard, very costly; breaking the jar, she poured it over his head.

And 53 more times.