House
[ A-1,Noun,
G3624,
oikos ]
denotes
(a) a house, a dwelling," e.g.,
Matthew 9:6-
Matthew 9:7;
Matthew 11:8; it is used of the Tabernacle, as the House of God,
Matthew 12:4, and the Temple similarly, e.g.,
Matthew 21:13;
Luke 11:51, AV, "temple," RV, "sanctuary;"
John 2:16-
John 2:17; called by the Lord "your house" in
Matthew 23:38;
Luke 13:35 (some take this as the city of Jerusalem); metaphorically of Israel as God's house,
Hebrews 3:2,
Hebrews 3:5, where "his house" is not Moses', but God's; of believers, similarly,
Hebrews 3:6, where Christ is spoken of as "over God's House" (the word "own" is rightly omitted in the RV);
Hebrews 10:21;
1 Peter 2:5;
1 Peter 4:17; of the body,
Matthew 12:44;
Luke 11:24;
(b) by metonymy, of the members of a household or family, e.g.,
Luke 10:5;
Acts 7:10;
Acts 11:14;
1 Timothy 3:4-5,
1 Timothy 3:12;
2 Timothy 1:16;
2 Timothy 4:19, RV (AV, "household");
Titus 1:11 (plural); of a local church,
1 Timothy 3:15; of the descendants of Jacob (Israel) and David, e.g.,
Matthew 10:6;
Luke 1:27,
Luke 1:33;
Acts 2:36;
Acts 7:42. See
HOME, A, No. 1. Note
(1), HOUSEHOLD.
[ A-2,Noun,
G3614,
oikia ]
is akin to No. 1, and used much in the same way; in Attic law oikos denoted the whole estate, oikia stood for the dwelling only; this distinction was largely lost in later Greek. In the NT it denotes
(a) "a house, a dwelling," e.g.,
Matthew 2:11;
Matthew 5:15;
Matthew 7:24-
Matthew 7:27;
2 Timothy 2:20;
2 John 1:10; it is not used of the Tabernacle or the Temple, as in the case of No. 1;
(b) metaphorically, the heavenly abode, spoken of by the Lord as "My Father's house,"
John 14:2, the eternal dwelling place of believers; the body as the dwelling place of the soul,
2 Corinthians 5:1; similarly the resurrection body of believers (id.); property, e.g.,
Mark 12:40; by metonymy, the inhabitants of a house, a household, e.g.,
Matthew 12:25;
John 4:53;
1 Corinthians 16:15. See
HOUSEHOLD.
[ B-1,Adverb,
G3832,
panoikei ]
denotes "with all the house,"
Acts 16:34, i.e., "the household."
Notes:
(1) In
2 Corinthians 5:2, oiketerion, "a habitation" (See RV) is translated "house" in the AV, of the resurrection body (cp. oikia in the preceding verse; See
above).
(2) In
1 Timothy 5:13, "from house to house" is, lit., "the houses."
(3) For "in every house,"
Acts 5:42 (cp.
Acts 2:46), See
HOME.
(4) For "them which are of the house,"
1 Corinthians 1:11, AV, See
HOUSEHOLD.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words