This adjective describes someone who stays at home or is devoted to domestic work, particularly used of women managing household affairs. In Titus 2:5, Paul instructs older women to train younger women to be 'self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind.' The cultural context is crucial: in the ancient world, household management was economically vital and morally valued, not trivialized. The term can be translated 'homemakers,' 'domestic,' or 'devoted to home,' emphasizing diligent household labor rather than mere location.