members of a family, immediate kin, 1 Ti. 5.8; members of a spiritual family, Eph 2.19; members of a spiritual brotherhood, Ga. 6.10. Οἰκέτης, ου, ὁ, pr. an inmate of a house; a domestic servant, household slave, Lu. 16.13. Ac. 10.7. Ro. 14.4. 1 Pe. 2.18: from Οἰκέω, ῶ, (οἶκος) f. ήσω, to dwell in, inhabit, 1 Ti. 6.16; intrans. to dwell, live; to cohabit, 1 Co. 7.12, 13; to be indwelling, indwell, Ro. 7.17, 18, 20; 8.9, 11. 1 Co. 3.16: whence Οἰκημα, ατος, τό, a dwelling; used in various conventional senses, and among them, a prison, Ac. 12.7. οἰκητήριον, a habitation, dwelling, abode, Jude 6; trop. the abode of the soul, the bodily frame, 2 Co. 5.2. Οἰκία, ας, ἡ, (οἶκος) a house, dwelling, abode, Mat. 2.11; 7.24, 27, et al.; trop. the abode of the soul, the body, 2 Co. 5.1; meton. a household, family, Mat. 10.13; 12.25; meton. goods, property, means, Mat. 23.13. et al.: whence Οἰκιᾰκός, οῦ, ὁ, belonging to a house; pl. the members of a household or family, kindred, Mat. 10.25, 36. L.G. Οἰκοδεσποτέω, ῶ, f. ήσω, pr. to be master of a household; to occupy one's self in the management of a household, 1 Ti. 5.14: (L.G.) from Οἰκοδεσπότης, ου, ὁ, (οἶκος & δεσπότης) the master or head of a house or family, Mat. 10.25; 13.27, 52, et al. L.G. Οἰκοδομέω, ῶ, (οἰκοδόμος) f. ήσω, a.1. ᾠκοδόμησα, p. pass. ᾠκοδόμημαι, to build a house; to build, Mat. 7.24, et al.; to repair, embellish, and amplify a building, Mat. 23.29, et al.; met. to contribute to advancement in religious knowledge, to edify, 1 Co. 14.4, 17; to advance a person's spiritual condition, to edify, 1 Co. 8.1, et al; pass.to make spiritual advancement, be edified, Ac. 9.31; to advance in presumption, be emboldened, 1 Co. 8.10. Οἰκοδομή, ῆς, ἡ, pr. the act of building; a building, structure, Mat. 24.1, et al.; in N.T., a spiritual structure, as instanced in the Christian body, 1 Co. 3.9. Eph. 2.21; religious advancement, edification, Ro. 14.19. 1 Co. 14.3, et al. L.G. Οἰκοδομία, ας, ἡ, pr. a building of a house; met. spiritual advancement, edification, v.r. 1 Ti. 1.4. Οἰκοδόμος, ου, ὁ, (οἶκος & δέμω) a builder, architect, v.r. Ac. 4.11. Οἰκονομέω, ῶ, (οἰκονόμος) f. ήσω, to manage a household; to manage the affairs of any one, be steward, Lu. 16.2: whence Οἰκονομία, ας, ἡ, pr. the management of a household; a stewardship, Lu. 16.2, 3, 4; in N.T., an apostolic stewardship, a ministerial commission in the publication and furtherance of the Gospel, 1 Co. 9.17. Eph. 1.10; 3.2. Co. 1.25; or, on arranged plan, a scheme, Eph. 1.10; a due discharge of a commission, 1 Ti. 1.4. Οἰκονόμος, ου, ὁ, the manager of a household; a steward, Lu. 12.42; 16.1, 3, 8. 1 Co. 4.2; a manager, trustee, Ga. 4.2; a public steward, treasurer, Ro. 16.23; a spiritual steward, the holder of a commission in the service of the Gospel, 1 Co. 4.1. Tit. 1.7. 1 Pe. 4.10. Οἶκος, ου, ὁ, a house, dwelling, Mat. 9.6, 7.