οἶκος

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house: home

οἶκος , -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for אֹהֶל ,הֵכָל, etc. ;] __1. prop., a house, dwelling : Act.2:2 19:16 ; with genitive poss., Mat.9:6 , 7 Mrk.2:11 , Luk.1:23 , al.; with genitive attrib., ἐμπορίου, Jhn.2:16; προσευχῆς, Mat.21:13 , al.; of a sanctuary (Hdt., Eur.): οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, of the tabernacle, Mat.12:4 , al.; the temple, Mat.21:13 , al.; metaphorically of a city: Mat.23:38 , Luk.13:35 ; of the body, Mat.12:44 , Luk.11:24 ; of Christians, 1Pe.2:5; ἐν οἴ (M, Pr. , 81f.), at home , Mrk.2:1 , 1Co.11:34 14:35 ; so κατ ̓ οἶκον, Act.2:46 5:42 ; οἱ εἰς (= οἱ ἐν; see: εἰς) τ. οἶ., Luk.7:10 15:6 ; κατ ̓οἴκους, from house to house , Act.8:3 20:20 ; εἰς (κατ ̓) οἶκον, with genitive (Bl., §46, 9), Mrk.8:3 , Luk.14:1 , Rom.16:5 , al. __2. By meton., a house, household, family : Luk.10:5 , Act.7:10 , 1Co.1:16 , 1Ti.3:4 , 5 al.; of the Church, ὁ οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, 1Ti.3:15 , Heb.3:2 , 1Pe.4:17 ; of descendants, οἶ Ἰσραήλ (Δαυείδ, Ἰακώβ; Bl, §47, 9), Mat.10:6 , Luk.1:27, 33 al. (cf. Exo.6:14 , 1Ki.2:30 , al.). SYN. : see: οἰκία. (AS)