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Lexicon :: Strong's G3625 - oikoumenē

Aa
οἰκουμένη
Transliteration
oikoumenē (Key)
Pronunciation
oy-kou-men'-ay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine participle present passive of οἰκέω (G3611) (as noun, by implication of γῆ (G1093))
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:157,674

Strong’s Definitions

οἰκουμένη oikouménē, oy-kou-men'-ay; feminine participle present passive of G3611 (as noun, by implication, of G1093); land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire:—earth, world.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G3625 in the following manner: world (14x), earth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G3625 in the following manner: world (14x), earth (1x).

  1. the inhabited earth

    1. the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians

    2. the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire

    3. the whole inhabited earth, the world

    4. the inhabitants of the earth, men

  2. the universe, the world

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οἰκουμένη oikouménē, oy-kou-men'-ay; feminine participle present passive of G3611 (as noun, by implication, of G1093); land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire:—earth, world.
STRONGS G3625:
οἰκουμένη, οἰκουμένης, ἡ (feminine of the present passive participle from οἰκέω (namely, γῆ; cf. Winers Grammar, § 64, 5; Buttmann, § 123, 8));
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 πᾶσα ἡ οἰκουμένη contextually equivalent to all the subjects of this empire, Luke 2:1.
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 (πᾶσα ἡ οἰκουμένη, Josephus, b. j. 7, 3, 3); ὅλῃ ἡ οἰκουμένη, Matthew 24:14; Acts 11:28 (in the same sense Josephus, Antiquities 8, 13, 4 πᾶσα ἡ οἰκουμένη; cf. Bleek, Erklär. d. drei ersten Evv. i., p. 68); by metonymy, the inhabitants of the earth, men: Acts 17:6, 31 (Psalm 9:9); Acts 19:27; ἡ οἰκουμένη ὅλῃ, all mankind, Revelation 3:10; Revelation 12:9.
2. the universe, the world: Wis. 1:7 (alternating there with τά πάντα); ἡ οἰκουμένη μελλουσα, that consummate state of all things which will exist after Christ's return from heaven, Hebrews 2:5 (where the word alternates with πάντα and τά πάντα, Hebrews 2:8, which there is taken in an absolute sense).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
9:9
Matthew
24:14
Luke
2:1; 4:5; 21:26
Acts
11:28; 17:6; 17:31; 19:27; 24:5
Romans
10:18
Hebrews
1:6; 2:5; 2:8
Revelation
3:10; 12:9; 16:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3625 matches the Greek οἰκουμένη (oikoumenē),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:1 - Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:5 - And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:28 - And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:6 - And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:31 - Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:27 - And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:5 - For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:18 - But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:6 - And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:5 - For he did not make the angels rulers over the world to come, of which I am writing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10 - Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - For they are evil spirits, working signs; who go out even to the kings of all the earth, to get them together to the war of the great day of God, the Ruler of all.
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