Strong’s G3622 · Greek
οἰκονομία
oikonomía · oy-kon-om-ee'-ah
Origin from οἰκονόμος (G3623);
Meaning administration (of a household or estate); specially, a (religious) "economy"
In the King James Version dispensation, stewardship.
In 7 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 16:2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
- Luke 16:3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
- Luke 16:4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
- 1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
- Ephesians 1:10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
- Ephesians 3:2If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
- Colossians 1:25Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.