to manage
Transliteration:
oikonomeō
Definition:
οἰκονομέω, -ῶ (< οἰκονόμος), [in LXX: Psa.112:5 (כּוּל pilp.), 2Ma.3:14 *;] to manage as house-steward, be a steward: absol, Luk.16:2; hence, generally (see: οἰκονομία), to manage, regulate, arrange (cl, 2Mac, Lc, 3Ma.3:2 R). (AS)
Transliteration:
oikonomeō
Definition:
οἰκονομ-έω,
manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, θαλάμους πατρός [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτα (i.e. meats) [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—
middle, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
dispense, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
disburse, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
3)
treat a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
metaphorically, of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ.
treat, handle, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; so (in
middle) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—
passive, τὰ σκέμματα. ᾠκονομήσθω [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
4) of public officers,
administer, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—
passive, πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
intransitive,
to be a house-steward, [
NT]
Transliteration:
oikonoméō
Pronounciation:
oy-kon-om-eh'-o
Definition:
to manage (a house, i.e. an estate); be steward; from
g3623 (οἰκονόμος);