οἶκος
oikos
Masculine noun · Of uncertain affinity
Of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively):—home, house(-hold), temple.
Outline
- a house
- an inhabited house, home
- any building whatever
- of a palace
- the house of God, the tabernacle
- any dwelling place
- of the human body as the abode of demons that possess it
- of tents, and huts, and later, of the nests, stalls, lairs, of animals
- the place where one has fixed his residence, one's settled abode, domicile
- the inmates of a house, all the persons forming one family, a household
- the family of God, of the Christian Church, of the church of the Old and New Testaments
- stock, family, descendants of one