ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΕΙΣ, διοικησεις
DIOIKĒSEIS, dioikēseis
Sounds Like: dee-oh-KEE-sees
Translations: administration, management, government, a household, a stewardship, a dispensation
From the root: ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of managing or administering something, such as a household, an estate, or a government. It can also denote the specific area or sphere of administration, like a province or a department. In a broader sense, it can refer to a divine arrangement or a period of time during which a particular divine plan is being carried out, often translated as 'dispensation' or 'stewardship'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1302 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 7:242
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 34:23
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 7:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΕΙ — (to) administration, (to) management, (to) stewardship, (to) a dispensation
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΕΩΣ — (of) administration, (of) management, (of) stewardship, (of) household management
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΝ — administration, management, stewardship, a household, a house
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΣ — administration, management, stewardship, an administration
- ΔΙΟΙΚΙΣ — administration, management, stewardship, a household, a house
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