Oikoumenē οἰκουμένη

Oikoumenē (Greek οἰκουμένη, Strong's G3625) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “world”. It occurs 15 times in 15 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 Oikoumenē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 24:14
  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Luke

• Luke 2:1
  And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
• Luke 4:5
  And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
• Luke 21:26
  Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Acts

• Acts 11:28
  And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar.One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
• Acts 17:6
  And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
• Acts 17:31
  Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
• Acts 19:27
  So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
• Acts 24:5
  For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

Romans

• Romans 10:18
  But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

Hebrews

• Hebrews 1:6
  And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
• Hebrews 2:5
  For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

Revelation

• Revelation 3:10
  Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
• Revelation 12:9
  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
• Revelation 16:14
  For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

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).