Strong's Concordance oikourgos: working at home Original Word: οὐκουρός, οῦ, ὁ, ἡPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: oikourgos Phonetic Spelling: (oy-koo-ros') Short Definition: a housekeeper Definition: a keeper-at-home, a housekeeper. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3626: οἰκουργόςοἰκουργός, ὀικουργον (οἶκος, ἘΡΓΩ (cf. ἔργον), cf. ἀμπελουργός, γεωργός, etc.), caring for the house, working at home: Titus 2:5 L T Tr WH; see the following word. Not found elsewhere. STRONGS NT 3626: οἰκουρόςοἰκουρός, ὀικουρου, ὁ, ἡ (οἶκος, and οὐρός a keeper; see θυρωρός and κηπουρός); a. properly, the (watch or) keeper of a house (Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Pausanias, Plutarch, others). b. tropically, keeping at home and taking care of household affairs, domestic: Titus 2:5 R G; cf. Fritzsche, De conformatione N. T. critica etc., p. 29; (Winers Grammar, 100f (95)); (Aeschylus Ag. 1626; Euripides, Hec. 1277; σώφρονας, οἰκουρούς καί φιλάνδρους, Philo de exsecr. § 4). From oikos and ouros (a guard; be "ware"); a stayer at home, i.e. Domestically inclined (a "good housekeeper") -- keeper at home. see GREEK oikos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 36261 Occurrence οἰκουργούς — 1 Occ. Titus 2:5 Adj-AFP GRK: σώφρονας ἁγνάς οἰκουργούς ἀγαθάς ὑποτασσομένας NAS: pure, workers at home, kind, KJV: chaste, keepers at home, good, INT: self-controlled pure keepers at home kind subject |
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