οἰκουμένη

Noun

oikoumenē · world

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 3625

Lexical summary

15

NT occurrences

4

Observed forms

About this Greek word

Some list as a participle, the habitable earth, world, Matt. 24:14; Rom. 10:18; Heb. 1:6; used, however, with various restrictions of meaning, according to the context, Lk. 2:1; Acts 17:6; meton. the inhabitants of the earth, the whole human race, mankind, Acts 17:31; 19:27; Rev. 3:10. Some view this word as a participial form of οἰκέω.

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
Genitive
Luke 4:5
Dative
Matthew 24:14
Accusative
Luke 2:1
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

οἰκουμένη

Book distribution counts: Acts: 5 occurrences; Luke: 3 occurrences; Revelation: 3 occurrences; Hebrews: 2 occurrences; Romans: 1 occurrences; Matthew: 1 occurrences

Author

οἰκουμένη
  • Luke8
  • John3
  • Hebrews2
  • Paul1
  • Matthew1

Author distribution counts: Luke: 8 occurrences; John: 3 occurrences; Hebrews: 2 occurrences; Paul: 1 occurrences; Matthew: 1 occurrences