Oikonomia οἰκονομία

Oikonomia (Greek οἰκονομία, Strong's G3622) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “management”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Oikonomia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

• Luke 16:2
  And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
• Luke 16:3
  Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.
• Luke 16:4
  I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.I know what I will do, so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 9:17
  For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

Ephesians

• Ephesians 1:10
  That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
• Ephesians 3:2
  If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
• Ephesians 3:9
  And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

Colossians

• Colossians 1:25
  Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 1:4
  Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).