οἰκο·νόμος, ος, ον, propr. qui administre sa maison ; subst. :
      1 ὁ οἰκ. administrateur de son propre bien, d’où intendant privé (cf. ἐπίτροπος) XÉN. Mem. 2, 10, 4 ; administrateur en gén. PLAT. Pol. 258 e, etc. ; ARSTT. Pol. 5, 11 ;
      2 ἡ οἰκ. intendante, LYS. 92, 22.

Étym. οἶκος, νέμω.

ὁ, ἡ, one who manages a household, = οἰκοδεσπότης, X. Oec. 1.2, Pl. R. 417a, etc. ; steward of an estate, Ζήνωνι τῷ οἰ. PCair. Zen. 48.2 (iii BC) ; house-steward, being a slave, IG 5(1).40, 1235, IGRom. 4.1699, TAM 2.518 (Pinara), prob. in BCH 52.413 ; metaph, οἰ. ἡδονῆς Alcid. ap. Arist. Rh. 1406a27. generally, manager, administrator, opp. τύραννος, Id. Pol. 1314b7, etc. ; hence, title of a subordinate state official, IG 5(2).389.15 (Lusi, iv/iii BC) ; also of a high financial officer, Inscr.Prien. 6.30 (iv BC), BMus.Inscr. 448.7 (Ephesus, iv BC) ; under a monarch, OGI 225.37 (iii BC); in Egypt, ORev. Laws 3.3, 5.6, al. (iii BC), PTeb. 39.11 (ii BC), etc. ; in charge of the Serapeum, UPZ 56.7 (ii BC, pl.); οἱ Καίσαρος οἰ., = Lat. procuratores Caesaris, Luc. Alex. 39; θεοῦ οἰ.
minister of God, Ep. Tit. 1.7, cf. 1 Ep. Cor. 4.1. as fem., housekeeper, housewife, Phoc. 3.7, Lys. 1.7; Metaph., A. Ag. 155.

das Haus verwaltend, Aesch. Ag. 150 ; Hausverwalter, οἰκ. καὶ δεσπότης ταὐτόν, Plat. Polit. 159b ; καὶ πολιτικός, 258e ; allgemein, Verwalter, Leiter, Arist. Polit. 5.11 u. Sp. öfter ; auch ἡ οἰκονόμος, δεινή, Lys. 1.7.

οἰκονόμος, -ου, ὁ
(< οἶκος + νέμω, to manage) [in LXX chiefly for עַל ;]
__1. prop., the manager of a household or estate, a house- or land-steward (usually a slave or freedman): Luk.12:42 16:1, 3 16:8, 1Co.4:2, Gal.4:2; ὀ οἰ. τ. πόλεως (RV, treasurer; cf. I Est.4:49), Rom.16:23.
__2. Metaph. (in wider sense; cf. οἰκονομία), an administrator, a steward: of Christian ministers, 1Co.4:1, Tit.1:7; of Christians generally, 1Pe.4:10.†
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