ΟἸΚΟΥΜΕΝ, οἰκουμεν
OIKOUMEN, oikoumen
Sounds Like: oy-koo-MEH-nen
Translations: the inhabited earth, the world, a world
From the root: ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the inhabited earth, or more broadly, the world. It is often used to describe the known world or the Roman Empire in the context of the New Testament. It is a feminine noun and is used here in the accusative case, typically indicating the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3625 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 12:60
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΗ.
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.
- ὈΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — inhabited earth, the world, a world, the Roman Empire, the inhabited land, a land
- ΟἸΚΟΥΜΕΝΑΣ — inhabited worlds, earths, worlds
- ΟἸΚΟΥΜΕΝΗΝ — the inhabited earth, the world, the Roman Empire
- ΟἸΚΟΥΜΕΝΗΣ — of the inhabited earth, of the world, of the Roman Empire, of the inhabited land
- ΟΙΚΟΥΒΕΝ‾Η‾ — world, inhabited earth, a world, the inhabited world, the Roman Empire
- ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΗΝ — the inhabited earth, the world, the Roman Empire, the whole world
- ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΗΣ — of the inhabited earth, of the world, of the universe
- ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝ‾Η‾ — inhabited earth, world, a world, the Roman Empire
- ΤΗΝΟἸΚΟΥΜΕΝΗΝ — the inhabited earth, the world, the Roman Empire
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