ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΣ, διοικησις
DIOIKĒSIS, dioikēsis
Sounds Like: dee-oh-EE-kay-sis
Translations: administration, management, stewardship, an administration
From the root: ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of managing, administering, or overseeing affairs, often in a household, business, or public context. It implies the organization and direction of resources or people to achieve a goal. It can be used to describe the role of a manager or the system of governance itself.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1229 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:155
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
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΕΙΣ — administration, management, government, a household, a stewardship, a dispensation
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΕΩΣ — (of) administration, (of) management, (of) stewardship, (of) household management
- ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΙΝ — administration, management, stewardship, a household, a house
- ΔΙΟΙΚΙΣ — administration, management, stewardship, a household, a house
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