Senses
1. steward, manager — One entrusted with managing a household, estate, or resources on behalf of an owner; a steward or administrator who bears fiduciary responsibility. In the parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1, 3, 8) the oikonomos manages his master's accounts and is called to give account, rendered arb 'wakil' (agent/deputy), deu 'Verwalter' (administrator), fra 'intendant' (steward), heb 'sokhen' (steward/superintendent), hin 'prabhandhak' (manager), kor 'cheongjigi' (steward), spa 'mayordomo' (majordomo). Jesus asks 'who is the faithful and wise steward?' (Luke 12:42, heb 'paqid' [overseer]). Paul applies the term to spiritual leadership: believers are 'stewards of the mysteries of God' (1 Cor 4:1-2), each is a 'steward of God's varied grace' (1 Pet 4:10), and an overseer must be 'blameless as God's steward' (Titus 1:7). In Rom 16:23 Erastus the oikonomos of the city is the municipal treasurer (heb 'gizbar'). In Gal 4:2 the heir is under 'guardians and oikonomous' (managers) until the appointed time. The uniform cross-linguistic rendering as arb 'wakil/wukala', deu 'Verwalter', spa 'mayordomo/administradores' across parabolic, ecclesial, civic, and legal contexts confirms a single core meaning of delegated managerial authority. 10×
AR["الوَكِيلَ","الوَكِيلُ","الوُكَلاءِ","وَكيلٍ","وَكِيلٌ","وَكِيلُ","وُكَلاءَ"]·ben["কর্মাধ্যক্ষ","কোষাধ্যক্ষ","গৃহকর্তা","গৃহকর্তাকে","তত্ত্বাবধায়ক","তত্ত্বাবধায়কদের","তত্ত্বাবধায়কদের,"]·DE["Verwalter"]·EN["manager","managers","steward","stewards"]·FR["intendant"]·heb["גִּזְבָּר","מְנַהֲלִים","סוֹכְנִים","סוֹכְנֵי","סוֹכֵן","פַּקִיד"]·HI["प्रबंधक","प्रबंधक-ने","प्रभरियोन,","भण्डारियों","भण्डारी","भन्दअरि;"]·ID["bendahara","penatalayan","pengelola","pengelola-pengelola","pengelola;","pengurus"]·IT["amministratore","oikonomoi","oikonomon","oikonomos","oikonomous"]·jav["bendahara","juragan","juru-kunci","juru-kunci,","juru-urus;","kang-nata","pangurus,","para-juru-urus","para-juru-urus,"]·KO["관리인-이","청지기가","청지기들","청지기들,","청지기들-에게","청지기들이라","청지기로서","청지기를"]·PT["administrador","administradores","despenseiro;","despenseiros","tesoureiro"]·RU["-Кварт","домостроителей","домостроителю","управители","управитель","управителя","управителями"]·ES["administrador","administradores","mayordomo"]·SW["mawakili","mawakili,","msimamizi","mtunza-hazina","wakili","wasimamizi"]·TR["haznedarı","kahyaları","kâhya","kâhyaları","kâhyalarının","kâhyası;","o-"]·urd["خزانچی","مختار","مختاروں","منتظموں-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
οἰκόνομ-ος, ὁ, ἡ, one who manages a household, ={οἰκοδεσπότης}, Refs 5th c.BC+; steward of an estate, Ζήνωνι τῷ οἰ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; house-steward, being a slave, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 generally, manager, administrator, opposed to τύραννος, Refs __2.b title of a subordinate state official, Refs 4th c.BC+; also of a high financial officer, Refs 4th c.BC+; under a monarch, Refs 3rd c.BC+; in Egypt,…