Word study · Greek

oikonomía

stewardship, management

Say it: oy-kon-om-EE-ah (approximate)

οἰκονομία

What it means

Stewardship, administration. "The administration of the fullness of the times" (1:10) and "the stewardship of God's grace" given to Paul (3:2).

Range of meaning

  • StewardshipA trust to manage.
  • PlanAn arrangement of things.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 1

    "For the administration of the fullness of the times" (1:10).

  • Chapter 3

    "The stewardship of God's grace" (3:2, 3:9).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G3622 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources