oikonomos · steward, manager

What it means

oikonomos (οἰκονόμος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “steward, manager”.

Of a household or estate; also a city treasurer.

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. One who oversees another's goods.
2. A city's treasurer.

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

How it is translated

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

• manager ×4
• stewards ×3
• managers ×1
• steward ×1
• treasurer ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Luke×4
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×1
• Titus×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Luke 12:42

  And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master will put in charge over his household staff to give them their food allowance at the proper time?

• Luke 16:1

  And he was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him of squandering his possessions.

• Luke 16:3

  And the manager said within himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

• Luke 16:8

  And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of light in dealing with their own generation.

• Romans 16:23

  Gaius, my host and the host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, the brother.

• 1 Corinthians 4:1

  This is how one should regard us: as attendants of the Messiah and stewards of the mysteries of God.

• 1 Corinthians 4:2

  Here, moreover, it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

• Galatians 4:2

  but he is under guardians and managers until the time set by the father.

• Titus 1:7

  For the overseer must be blameless as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drink, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,

• 1 Peter 4:10

  Each one, as he has received a gift, serving one another with it as good stewards of the varied grace of God.