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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G3623 - Governors

Strong's No.:G3623

Greek:οἰκονόμος

Transliteration:oikonomos

Phonetic:oy-kon-om'-os

Word Origin:From G3624 and the base of G3551

Bible Usage:chamberlain governor steward.

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

a house distributor (that is manager) or overseer that is an employee in that capacity; by extension a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively a preacher (of the Gospel)


Thayers
Definition:

1. the manager of household or of household affairs

a. esp. a steward, manager, superintendent (whether free-born or as was usually the case, a freed-man or a slave) to whom the head of the house or proprietor has intrusted the management of his affairs, the care of receipts and expenditures, and the duty of dealing out the proper portion to every servant and even to the children not yet of age

b. the manager of a farm or landed estate, an overseer

c. the superintendent of the city's finances, the treasurer of a city (or of treasurers or quaestors of kings)

2. metaph. the apostles and other Christian teachers and bishops and overseers


Bible References:
Governors

Translation
Occurrences:
chamberlain ( 1 )
governors ( 1 )
steward ( 5 )
stewards ( 3 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.