οἰκουμένη
oi-kü-me'-nā
feminine noun
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Feminine participle present passive of οἰκέω (G3611) (as noun, by implication of γῆ (G1093))
feminine participle present passive of G3611 (as noun, by implication, of G1093); land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire:—earth, world.
Outline
- the inhabited earth
- the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians
- the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire
- the whole inhabited earth, the world
- the inhabitants of the earth, men
- the universe, the world