G3625

οἰκουμένη

oikoumenē

Feminine noun · 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

  1. the inhabited earth
    1. the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians
    2. the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire
    3. the whole inhabited earth, the world
    4. the inhabitants of the earth, men
  2. the universe, the world

Usages

Revelation 12:9

Breakdown

deceiveth the whole world Esau has deceived the whole world with his philosophies, etc.

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