Bible word study

Oikonomos (Strong’s G3623): Meaning in the Bible

Oikonomos (οἰκονόμος) is the Greek word numbered G3623 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel). In the King James Bible it is translated chamberlain, governor, steward..

• Original wordοἰκονόμος
• Transliterationoikonómos
• Pronunciationoy-kon-om'-os
• Strong’s numberG3623
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from G3624 and the base of G3551;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Oikonomos appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Oikonomos (G3623) stands behind 11 English renderings in 10 verses across 6 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Luke (5), 1 Corinthians (2), Romans (1).

How the King James Bible renders Oikonomos, by count

• steward3 of 11 (27 percent)
• stewards3 of 11 (27 percent)
• a steward1 of 11 (9 percent)
• chamberlain1 of 11 (9 percent)
• governors1 of 11 (9 percent)
• that1 of 11 (9 percent)

Three places to read Oikonomos

• Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
• Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
• 1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Oikonomos in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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