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 Latin
orbis 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).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Psalms
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9:9
- Matthew
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24:14
- Luke
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2:1; 4:5; 21:26
- Acts
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11:28; 17:6; 17:31; 19:27; 24:5
- Romans
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10:18
- Hebrews
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1:6; 2:5; 2:8
- Revelation
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3:10; 12:9; 16:14
