G3623Greekoἰkonómon
οἰκονόμον
a house-distributor (i.e., manager), or overseer, i.e., an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the gospel)
10
Total Occurrences
6
Books
0
Old Testament
10
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1the manager of household or of household affairs
- 2especially 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 entrusted 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
- 3the manager of a farm or landed estate, an overseer
- 4the superintendent of the city's finances, the treasurer of a city (or of treasurers or quaestors of kings)
- 5metaphorically the apostles and other christian teachers and bishops and overseers
Etymology & Derivation
from g3624 and the base of g3551