

It is a relational web of interconnected people.īiblically we see oikos all over the place and this was the primary way for the gospel to spread in the New Testament. It refers to your family, co-workers, relationships and web of people that you regularly come into contact with.

Oikos is the Greek term for “Family and Household” but it actually means much more than that. O = OikosĪpostolic leaders are fascinated with oikos and empowering people to reach the many different ones in our world. KJV: into my house from whence I came out Nick (lower right) a Greek InterVarsity Staff, with his Greek core team at UCLA NAS: I will return to my house from which KJV: the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Įnglishman's Concordance Matthew 9:6 N-AMS 2 c.)) Acts 7:10 Acts 10:2 Acts 11:14 Acts 16:31 Acts 18:8 1 Corinthians 1:16 1 Timothy 3:4 1 Timothy 5:4 2 Timothy 1:16 2 Timothy 4:19 Hebrews 11:7 plural, 1 Timothy 3:12 Titus 1:11 (so also Genesis 7:1 Genesis 47:12, and often in Greek authors) metaphorically, and in a theocratic sense ὁ οἶκος τοῦ Θεοῦ, the family of God, of the Christian church, 1 Timothy 3:15 1 Peter 4:17 of the church of the Old and New Testament, Hebrews 3:2, 5f ( Numbers 12:7).ģ. by metonymy, the inmates of a house, all the persons forming one family, a household: Luke 10:5 Luke 11:17 (al: refer this to 1, and take ἐπί either locally (see ἐπί, C.

universally, the place where one has fixed his residence, one's settled abode, domicile: οἶκος ὑμῶν, of the city of Jerusalem, Matthew 23:38 Luke 13:35.Ģ. any dwelling-place: of the human body as the abode of demons that possess it, Matthew 12:44 Luke 11:24 (used in Greek authors also of tents and huts, and later, of the nests, stalls, lairs, of animals). Luke 11:51 Acts 7:47, 49 of the heavenly sanctuary, Hebrews 10:21 ( οἶκος ἅγιος Θεοῦ, of heaven, Deuteronomy 26:15 Baruch 2:16) a body of Christians (a church), as pervaded by the Spirit and power of God, is called οἶκος πνευματικός, 1 Peter 2:5.Ĭ. in numberless places for בַּיִת, also for הֵיכַל, a palace, אֹהֶל, a tent, etc. Latin vicus, English ending -wich Curtius, § 95), from Homer down the Sept. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3624: οἶκος
