οἰκουμένη, -ης, ἡ (fern. Pres. pass. ptcp. of οἰκέω; sc. γῆ) [in LXX chiefly for תֵּבֵל, אֶרֶץ ;] the inhabited earth; (a) in cl., the countries occupied by Greeks, as disting. from barbarian lands (Hdt., Dem., al.); (b) in later writers, the Roman world: Luk.2:1, Act.11:28 24:5; by meton., of its inhabitants : Act.17:6 19:27; (with) in LXX (Psa.23:1 71:8, al.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Mat.24:14, Luk.4:5 21:26, Rom.10:18, Heb.1:6, Rev.3:10 16:14; by meton. (ut supr.), Act.17:31, Rev.12:9; (d) of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα = ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων: Heb.2:5.† (AS)
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G3625 — οἰκουμένη
oikoumenē · world · Greek
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Matthew 24:14 · οἰκουμένῃAnd this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.Luke 2:1 · οἰκουμένην.Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.Luke 4:5 · οἰκουμένηςAnd he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.Luke 21:26 · οἰκουμένῃ·men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.Acts 11:28 · οἰκουμένην,And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.Acts 17:6 · οἰκουμένηνAnd when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;Acts 17:31 · οἰκουμένηνinasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.Acts 19:27 · οἰκουμένηand not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be made of no account, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.Acts 24:5 · οἰκουμένηνFor we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:Romans 10:18 · οἰκουμένηςBut I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.Hebrews 1:6 · οἰκουμένηνAnd when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.Hebrews 2:5 · οἰκουμένηνFor not unto angels did he subject the world to come, whereof we speak.Revelation 3:10 · οἰκουμένηςBecause thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.Revelation 12:9 · οἰκουμένηνAnd the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.Revelation 16:14 · οἰκουμένηςfor they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.