Strong's Concordance oikoumené: the inhabited earth Original Word: Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: oikoumené Phonetic Spelling: (oy-kou-men'-ay) Definition: the inhabited earth Usage: (properly: the land that is being inhabited, the land in a state of habitation), the inhabited world, that is, the Roman world, for all outside it was regarded as of no account. HELPS Word-studies 3625 oikouménē (from 3611 /oikéō, "to inhabit, dwell") – the inhabited earth, i.e. all people living on the inhabited globe. [3625 (oikouménē) is "the land that is being inhabited, the land in a state of habitation, the inhabited world, that is, the Roman world (orbis terrarum), for all outside it was regarded as of no account" (Souter). 3625 (oikouménē) literally means "the inhabited (land)." It was "originally used by the Greeks to denote the land inhabited by themselves, in contrast with barbarian countries; afterward, when the Greeks became subject to the Romans, 'the entire Roman world;' still later, for 'the whole inhabited world' " (WS, 140,141).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originthe fem. pres. pass. part. of oikeó Definition the inhabited earth NASB Translation inhabited earth (1), world (14). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3625: 1. the inhabited earth; a. in Greek writings often the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians, cf. Passow, ii., p. 415a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I.). b. in the Greek authors who wrote about Roman affairs (like the Latinorbis terrarum) equivalent to the Roman empire: so c. the whole inhabited earth, the world (so in (Hyperides, Eux. 42 (probably Liddell and Scott)) the Sept. for תֵּבֵל and אֶרֶץ): Luke 4:5; Luke 21:26; Acts 24:5; Romans 10:18; Revelation 16:14; Hebrews 1:6 ( 2. the universe, the world: Wis. 1:7 (alternating there with τά πάντα); ἡ Feminine participle present passive of oikeo (as noun, by implication, of ge); land, i.e. The (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire -- earth, world. see GREEK oikeo see GREEK ge Englishman's Concordance Matthew 24:14 N-DFSGRK: ὅ NAS: in the whole world as a testimony KJV: in all the world for a witness INT: all the earth for a testimony Luke 2:1 N-AFS Luke 4:5 N-GFS Luke 21:26 N-DFS Acts 11:28 N-AFS Acts 17:6 N-AFS Acts 17:31 N-AFS Acts 19:27 N-NFS Acts 24:5 N-AFS Romans 10:18 N-GFS Hebrews 1:6 N-AFS Hebrews 2:5 N-AFS Revelation 3:10 N-GFS Revelation 12:9 N-AFS Revelation 16:14 N-GFS Strong's Greek 3625 |
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