Household
[ A-1,Noun,
G3624,
oikos ]
is translated household" in
Acts 16:15;
1 Corinthians 1:16; in the AV of
2 Timothy 4:19 (RV, "house"). See
HOUSE, No. 1.
[ A-2,Noun,
G3614,
oikia ]
is translated "household" in
Philippians 4:22. See
HOUSE, No. 2.
[ A-3,Noun,
G3610,
oiketeia ]
denotes "a household of servants,"
Matthew 24:45 (some mss. have No. 4 here).
[ A-4,Noun,
G2322,
therapeia ]
"service, care, attention," is also used in the collective sense of "a household," in
Luke 12:42 (See No. 3). See
HEALING.
Notes:
(1) In
Romans 16:10-
Romans 16:11, the phrase "those of the household" translates a curtailed phrase in the original, lit., "the (persons) of (ek, 'consisting of') the (members of the household of)."
(2) In
1 Corinthians 1:11, "they which are of the household (AV, house) of Chloe" is, lit., "the ... of Chloe," the Eng. translation being necessary to express the idiom.
[ B-1,Adjective,
G3609,
oikeios ]
akin to A, No. 1, primarily signifies "of, or belonging to, a house," hence, "of persons, one's household, or kindred," as in
1 Timothy 5:8, RV, "household," AV "house," marg., "kindred;" in
Ephesians 2:19, "the household of God" denotes the company of the redeemed; in
Galatians 6:10, it is called "the household of the faith," RV. In these two cases oikeios is used in the same sense as those mentioned under oikos (A, No. 1).
[ B-2,Adjective,
G3615,
oikiakos ]
from A, No. 2, denotes "belonging to one's household, one's own;" it is used in
Matthew 10:25,
Matthew 10:36.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words