ΟἸΚΟΥΣ, οἰκους
OIKOUS, oikous
Sounds Like: OY-koos
Translations: houses, homes, households, temples
From the root: ΟΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to physical dwellings or buildings, such as houses or temples. It can also refer to a household, meaning the people living within a house, or a family line. In some contexts, it can denote a lineage or a dynasty. It is used in sentences to indicate the place where someone lives or a group of people associated with a particular dwelling.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3624 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 13:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:2, 26:6
- Book Two — 18:8
- Book Four — 3:24, 4:37, 7:16
- Book Five — 4:33, 12:22, 13:44
- Book Six — 3:20, 4:33, 5:12
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 8:3, 8:21, 8:24, 9:20, 12:3, 12:27, 16:29
- Numbers — 1:2, 1:4, 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, 1:30, 1:32, 1:34, 1:36, 1:38, 1:40, 1:42, 2:2, 2:32, 2:34, 3:15, 3:20, 4:2, 4:22, 4:29, 4:34, 4:38, 4:40, 4:42, 4:44, 4:46, 16:30, 16:32, 17:2, 17:6, 26:2, 34:14
- Deuteronomy — 5:30, 11:6, 16:7
- Joshua — 22:4, 22:6, 22:7, 22:8
- 1 Kings — 9:10, 12:31, 13:32, 21:6
- 2 Kings — 23:19, 25:9
- 1 Chronicles — 4:41, 5:13, 6:48, 7:4, 9:9, 12:30, 23:24, 24:3, 24:4, 24:30, 26:13
- 2 Chronicles — 17:14, 25:5, 31:17, 34:11, 35:4, 35:12
- Nehemiah — 7:61
- Judith — 7:32
- 1 Maccabees — 1:31, 12:45
- 3 Maccabees — 1:20
- Psalms of Solomon — 4:23, 12:3, 12:4, 15:13
- Proverbs — 1:13, 5:10, 14:1, 15:25, 24:61
- Ecclesiastes — 2:4
- Job — 3:15, 12:5, 15:28, 15:34, 20:19, 22:18
- Sirach — 3:9
- Isaiah — 22:8, 22:10, 31:2, 32:14, 39:2
- Jeremiah — 36:5
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:17
- Ezekiel — 16:41, 23:47, 26:12, 27:6, 44:30, 45:4
- Hosea — 11:11
- Amos — 5:11
- Micah — 1:14, 2:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΙΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΑΙΚΑΜΟΥ — I dwell, I inhabit, I live, I reside
- ΙΚΟΣ — house, a house, home, a home, household, a household, family, a family, temple, a temple
- ΟἸΚΑΔ' — homeward, home
- ΟἸΚΑΔΕ — homeward, home
- ΟἸΚΕΙΟΝ — one's own, proper, fitting, suitable, domestic, familiar, a proper thing, one's own thing
- ΟἸΚΙΑΚΟΥΣ — of the household, a household servant, household, domestic
- ΟἸΚΟΘΕΝ — from home, from one's house, from within, from one's own resources
- ΟἸΚΟΙ — houses, homes, (to) houses, (to) homes, at home, in the house, in the home
- ΟἸΚΟΙΣ — to houses, in houses, at houses, to homes, in homes, at homes, to temples, in temples, at temples
- ΟἸΚΟΜΗ — unknown
- ΟἸΚΟΝ — house, a house, home, a home, household, a household, temple, a temple
- ΟἸΚΟΥ — of a house, of a home, of a household, of a temple, of a family, of a dwelling, of a building
- ΟἸΚΩ — (to) house, (to) household, (to) family, (to) temple, (to) home
- ΟἸΚΩΝ — of houses, of homes, of households, of temples
- ΟΙΚΑΙ — houses, households, families, a house, a household, a family
- ΟΙΚΕ — house, a house, home, a home, household, a household, family, a family, temple, a temple
- ΟΙΚΕΙΑ — one's own, household, family, members of a household, a house, a home, a family
- ΟΙΚΙΟΥ — of house, of a house, of home, of a home, of household, of a household, of family, of a family
- ΟΙΚΙΟΥΣ — households, of households, to households, a household, houses, of houses, to houses, a house
- ΟΙΚΚΟΙ — houses, households, families, temples, a house, a household, a family, a temple
- ΟΙΚΟ — house, home, dwelling, household, family, temple, a house, a home, to dwell, to inhabit
- ΟΙΚΟΘΕΝ — from home, from one's house, from within, from oneself, from one's own resources
- ΟΙΚΟΙ — at home, in the house, a house, a home, houses, homes
- ΟΙΚΟΙΣ — to houses, to households, to dwellings, to temples, to families, to a house, to a household, to a dwelling, to a temple, to a family
- ΟΙΚΟΝ — house, home, household, temple, dwelling
- ΟΙΚΟΣ — house, a house, home, household, family, temple, dwelling, habitation
- ΟΙΚΟΥ — of a house, of a home, of a household, of a family, of a temple, of a dwelling
- ΟΙΚΟΥΣ — houses, homes, households, temples, a house, a home, a household, a temple
- ΟΙΟΚΩ — house, a house, home, a home, household, a household, family, a family, temple, a temple, of a house, to a house
- ΟΙΧΟΣ — house, a house, home, a home, household, a household, family, a family, temple, a temple, dwelling, a dwelling
- ΟΥΙΚΟΥ — of a house, of a home, of a household, of a family, of a temple, of the house, of the home, of the household, of the family, of the temple
- ΤΟΝΟἸΚΟΝ — the house, a house, the home, a home, the household, a household
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