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In a broader sense, it denotes the responsibility of managing or overseeing affairs, often with a focus on stewardship. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the divine administration of God's plan of salvation and the responsibilities entrusted to believers, particularly in the context of the church.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, "oikonomia" was a common term used to describe the management of household affairs, which was a crucial aspect of daily life. The head of a household, or steward, was responsible for the well-being and proper functioning of the household, including financial management, resource allocation, and the welfare of family members and servants. This concept was easily understood by early Christians and was applied metaphorically to describe the stewardship of spiritual truths and the administration of God's redemptive plan.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3622</b> <i>oikonomía</i> (from <a href="/greek/3621.htm">3621</a> <i>/oikonoméō</i>, "a <i>steward</i>, managing a <i>household</i>") – properly, a <i>stewardship</i>, management (administration), i.e. where a person looks after another's affairs (resources). </p><p class="discovery">[A "dispensation" can also refer to a special period of <i>time</i> (management). But this is a <i>secondary</i> (not primary) meaning of <a href="/greek/3622.htm">3622</a> (<i>oikonomía</i>).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/3621.htm">oikonomeó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>stewardship, administration<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>administration (3), management (3), stewardship (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3622: οἰκονομία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">οἰκονομία</span></span>, <span class="greek2">οἰκονομίας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">οἰκονομέω</span>), from <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, and <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span> down, "the management of a household or of household affairs; specifically, the management, oversight, administration, of others' property; the office of a manager or overseer, stewardship": <a href="/interlinear/luke/16-2.htm">Luke 16:2-4</a>; hence, the word is transferred by Paul in a theocratic sense to the office (duty) intrusted to him by God (the lord and master) of proclaiming to men the blessings of the gospel, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/9-17.htm">1 Corinthians 9:17</a>; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span>, <span class="greek2">οἰκονομία</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>, <span class="accented">the office of administrator (stewardship) intrusted by God,</span> <a href="/interlinear/colossians/1-25.htm">Colossians 1:25</a>. universally, <span class="accented">administration, dispensation,</span> which in a theocratic sense is ascribed to God himself as providing for man's salvation: <span class="greek2">αἵτινες</span> ... <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">οἰκονομίαν</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> <span class="greek2">πίστει</span>, which furnish matter for disputes rather than the (knowledge of the) dispensation of the things by which God has provided for and prepared salvation, which salvation must be embraced by faith, <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1-4.htm">1 Timothy 1:4</a> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>; <span class="greek2">ἥν</span> <span class="greek2">προέθετο</span> ... <span class="greek2">καιρῶν</span>, which good will he purposed to show with a view to (that) dispensation (of his) by which the times (namely, of infancy and immaturity cf. <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-1.htm">Galatians 4:1-4</a>) were to be fulfilled, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-9.htm">Ephesians 1:9</a>f; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">οἰκονομία</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">χάριτος</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">δοθείσης</span> <span class="greek2">μοι</span>, that dispensation (or arrangement) by which the grace of God was granted me, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/3-2.htm">Ephesians 3:2</a>; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">οἰκονομία</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">μυστηρίου</span>, the dispensation by which he carried out his secret purpose, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/3-9.htm">Ephesians 3:9</a> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dispensation, stewardship. <p>From <a href="/greek/3623.htm">oikonomos</a>; administration (of a household or estate); specially, a (religious) "economy" -- dispensation, stewardship. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3623.htm">oikonomos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>οικονομια οἰκονομία οικονομιαν οικονομίαν οἰκονομίαν οικονομιας οικονομίας οἰκονομίας oikonomia oikonomía oikonomian oikonomían oikonomias oikonomías<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/16-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 16:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">λόγον τῆς <b>οἰκονομίας</b> σου οὐ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> an accounting <span class="itali">of your management,</span> for you can<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of thy <span class="itali">stewardship;</span> for<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> account of the <span class="itali">stewardship</span> of you not<p><b><a href="/text/luke/16-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 16:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀφαιρεῖται τὴν <b>οἰκονομίαν</b> ἀπ' ἐμοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is taking <span class="itali">the management</span> away<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from me <span class="itali">the stewardship:</span> I cannot dig;<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> is taking away the <span class="itali">management</span> from me<p><b><a href="/text/luke/16-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 16:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκ τῆς <b>οἰκονομίας</b> δέξωνταί με</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I am removed <span class="itali">from the management</span> people will welcome<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I am put out <span class="itali">of the stewardship,</span> they may receive<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> from the <span class="itali">management</span> they might receive me<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/9-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 9:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δὲ ἄκων <b>οἰκονομίαν</b> πεπίστευμαι </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> against my will, <span class="itali">I have a stewardship</span> entrusted<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> against my will, <span class="itali">a dispensation</span> [of the gospel] is committed unto me.<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/9-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> however unwillingly <span class="itali">an administration</span> I am entrusted with<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 1:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς <b>οἰκονομίαν</b> τοῦ πληρώματος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with a view <span class="itali">to an administration</span> suitable<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> That in <span class="itali">the dispensation</span> of the fulness<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for <span class="itali">[the] administration</span> of the fullness<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/3-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 3:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἠκούσατε τὴν <b>οἰκονομίαν</b> τῆς χάριτος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you have heard <span class="itali">of the stewardship</span> of God's<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ye have heard <span class="itali">of the dispensation</span> of the grace<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/3-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you heard of the <span class="itali">administration</span> of the grace<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/3-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 3:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τίς ἡ <b>οἰκονομία</b> τοῦ μυστηρίου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> what <span class="itali">is the administration</span> of the mystery<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/3-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> what [is] the <span class="itali">administration</span> of the mystery<p><b><a href="/text/colossians/1-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 1:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κατὰ τὴν <b>οἰκονομίαν</b> τοῦ θεοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> according <span class="itali">to the stewardship</span> from God<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> according to <span class="itali">the dispensation</span> of God<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/1-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> according to the <span class="itali">administration</span> of God<p><b><a href="/text/1_timothy/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Timothy 1:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μᾶλλον ἢ <b>οἰκονομίαν</b> θεοῦ τὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_timothy/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> than <span class="itali">[furthering] the administration</span> of God<br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> rather than <span class="itali">stewardship</span> of God which [is]<p><b><a href="/greek/3622.htm">Strong's Greek 3622</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3622.htm">9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/oikonomia_3622.htm">οἰκονομία — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/oikonomian_3622.htm">οἰκονομίαν — 6 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/oikonomias_3622.htm">οἰκονομίας — 2 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