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oikodespotéō

rule the household

Say it: oy-kod-es-pot-EH-o (approximate)

οἰκοδεσποτέω

What it means

To manage a household (oikos "house" plus despotēs "master"). In 5:14, younger widows are to "rule the household." It appears only here.

Range of meaning

  • Manage a householdRun a home.
  • RuleHead up.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 5

    "Rule the household" (5:14). The word appears only here.

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3616 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources