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οἰκονόμος τῆς πόλεως

Manager · a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)

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οἰκονόμος G3623 manager
Pronunciation oikonómos
One entrusted with managing another's household or resources, not as owner but as accountable steward.
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πόλις G4172 a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
Pronunciation pólis
A fortified urban center distinct from villages and countryside, often metonymously representing its inhabitants.
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What does οἰκονόμος τῆς πόλεως (oikonomos tēs poleōs) mean in the Bible?

οἰκονόμος · πόλις is a Greek word meaning "steward of the city; city official".

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Meaning

steward of the city; city official
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 12:42 · Luke 16:3 · Rom 16:23 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Pet 4:10 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 4:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:1 · Luke 16:8 · Titus 1:7 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 4:1 · Gal 4:2 2×
10 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 4 — Stewards of Christ, Fools for Christ, and a Father’s Admonition Luke 12 — Fear God, Confess Christ, Seek the Kingdom, and Be Ready Luke 16 — Faithful Stewardship, the Danger of Wealth, and the Finality of Judgment Luke 2 — The Savior Born, Revealed, Presented, and Growing in Wisdom Matthew 4 — The Tested Son, the Kingdom Proclaimed, and the First Disciples Called Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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