οἶκος

οἶκος — oîkos

οἶκος, οἴκου, ὁ (cf. Latinvicus, English ending -wich; Curtius, § 95), from Homer down; the Sept. in numberless places for בַּיִת, also for הֵיכַל, a palace, אֹהֶל, a tent, etc.;

1. a house;

a. strictly, an inhabited house (differing thus from δόμος the building): Act 2:2; Act 19:16; τίνος, Mat 9:6; Mar 2:11; Mar 5:38; Luk 1:23; Luk 1:40; Luk 1:56; Luk 8:39; Luk 8:41, etc.; ἔρχεσθαι εἰς οἶκον, to come into a house (domurn venire), Mar 3:20 (19); εἰς τόν οἶκον, into the (i. e. his or their) house, home, Luk 7:10; Luk 15:6; ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, in the (her) house, Joh 11:20; ἐν οἴκῳ, at home, 1Co 11:34; 1Co 14:35; οἱ εἰς τόν οἶκον(see εἰς, C. 2), Luk 9:61; κατ' οἶκον, opposed to ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, in a household assembly, in private (R. V. at home; see κατά, II. 1 d.), Act 2:46; Act 5:42; κατ' οἴκους, opposed to δημοσίᾳ, in private houses (A. V. from house to house; see κατά, II. 3 a.), Act 20:20; κατά τούς οἴκους εἰσπορευόμενος, entering house after house, Act 8:3; ἡ κατ' οἶκον τίνος ἐκκλησία, see ἐκκλησία, 4 b. aa.

b. any building whatever: ἐμπορίου, Joh 2:16; προσευχῆς, Mat 21:13; Mar 11:17; Luk 19:46; τοῦ βασιλέως, τοῦ ἀρχιερέως, the palace of etc., Mat 11:8; Luk 22:54 (here T Tr WH οἰκία); τοῦ Θεοῦ, the house where God was regarded as present — of the tabernacle, Mat 12:4; Mar 2:26; Luk 6:4; of the temple at Jerusalem, Mat 21:13; Mar 11:17; Luk 19:46; Joh 2:16 f, (Isa 56:5; Isa 56:7); cf. Luk 11:51; Act 7:47; Act 7:49; of the heavenly sanctuary, Heb 10:21 (οἶκος ἅγιος Θεοῦ, of heaven, Deu 26:15; Bar 2:16); a body of Christians (a church), as pervaded by the Spirit and power of God, is called οἶκος πνευματικός, 1Pe 2:5.

c. any dwelling-place: of the human body as the abode of demons that possess it, Mat 12:44; Luk 11:24; (used in Greek authors also of tents and huts, and later, of the nests, stalls, lairs, of animals). universally, the place where one has fixed his residence, one's settled abode, domicile: οἶκος ὑμῶν, of the city of Jerusalem, Mat 23:38; Luk 13:35.

2. by metonymy, the inmates of a house, all the persons forming one family, a household: Luk 10:5; Luk 11:17 (al: refer this to 1, and take ἐπί either locally (see ἐπί, C. I. 1), or of succession (see ἐπί, C. I. 2 c.));; Act 7:10; Act 10:2; Act 11:14; Act 16:31; Act 18:8; 1Co 1:16; 1Ti 3:4; 1Ti 5:4; 2Ti 1:16; 2Ti 4:19; Heb 11:7; plural, 1Ti 3:12; Tit 1:11 (so also Gen 7:1; Gen 47:12, and often in Greek authors); metaphorically, and in a theocratic sense ὁ οἶκος τοῦ Θεοῦ, the family of God, of the Christian church, 1Ti 3:15; 1Pe 4:17; of the church of the Old and New Testament, Heb 3:2; Heb 3:5 f (Num 12:7).

3. stock, race, descendants of one (A. V. house): ὁ οἶκος Δαυίδ, Luk 1:27; Luk 1:69; Luk 2:4 (1Ki 12:16); οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, Mat 10:6; Mat 15:24; Luk 1:33; Act 2:36; Act 7:42; ((ὁ οἶκος Ἰακώβ), 46 L T Tr marginal reading); Heb 8:8; Heb 8:10 (Jeremiah 38:31; Exo 6:14; Exo 12:3; Exo 19:3; 1Sa 2:30; (cf. ὁ σεβαστός οἶκος, Philo in Flac. § 4)). The word is not found in the Apocalypse. [SYNONYMS: οἶκος, οἰκία: in Attic (and especially legal) usage, οἶκος denotes one's household establishment, one's entire property, οἰκία, the dwelling itself; and in prose οἶκος is not used in the sense of οἰκία. In the sense of family οἶκος and οἰκία are alike employed; Schmidt vol. ii., chapter 80. In relation to distinctions (real or supposed) between οἶκος and οἰκία the following passages are of interest (cf. Valckenaer on Herodotus 7, 224): Xenophon, oecon. 1, 5 οἶκος δέ δή τί δοκεῖ ἡμῖν κειναι; ἄρα ὅπερ οἰκία, ἤ καί ὅσα τίς ἔξω τῆς οἰκίας κέκτηται, πάντα τοῦ οἴκου ταῦτα ἐστιν... πάντα τοῦ ὀκου εἶναι ὅσα τίς κέκτηται. Aristotle, polit. 1, 2, p. 1252{b}, 9ff, ἐκ μέν οὖν τούτων τῶν δύο κοινωνιων (viz. of a man with wife and servant) οἰκία πρώτη, καί ὀρθῶς ἡσιοδος εἶπε ποιήσας "οἶκον μέν prootista] γυναῖκα τέ βοῦν τ' ἀροτηρα."... ἡ μέν οὖν εἰς πᾶσαν ἡμέραν συνεστηκυια κοινωνία κατά φύσιν οἶκος ἐστιν. ibid. 3, p. 1253{b}, 2ff, πᾶσα πόλις ἐκ οἰκιῶν σύγκειται. οἰκίας δέ μέρη, ἐκ ὧν αὖθις οἰκία συνισταται. οἰκία δέ τέλειος ἐκ δούλων καί ἐλευθέρων... πρῶτα δέ καί ἐλάχιστα μέρη οἰκίας δεσπότης καί δοῦλος καί πόσις καί ἄλοχος. πατήρ καί τέκνα, etc. Plutarch, de audiend. poetis § 6 καί γάρ οἶκον πότε μέν τήν οἰκίαν καλοῦσιν, "οἶκον ἐς ὑψοροφον." πότε δέ τήν οὐσίαν, "ἐσθίεται μοι οἶκος." (see οἰκία, c.) Hesychius' Lexicon, under the words οἰκία, οἶκοι, under the word οἶκος. ὀλίγη οἰκία... καί μέρος τί τῆς οἰκίας... καί τά ἐν τῇ οἰκία. In the N. T., although the words appear at times to be used with some discrimination (e. g. Luk 10:5-7; Act 16:31-32; Act 16:34; cf. Joh 14:2), yet other passages seem to show that no distinction can be insisted upon: e. g. Mat 9:23; Mar 5:38; Luk 7:36-37; Act 10:17,;; (1Co 1:16; 1Co 16:15).]