ΟἸΚΟΝΌΜΟΣ: οἰκονόμος, -ου, ὁ [ (< οἶκος + νέμω, to manage), [in LXX chiefly for עַל־הַבַּיִת;] ] 1. . prop., the manager of a household or estate, a house- or land-steward (usually a slave or freedman): Lk 12:42 16:1, 3, 8, I Co 4:2, Ga 4:2; ὀ οἰ. τ. πόλεως (RV, treasurer; cf. I Es 4:49), Ro 16:23.
2. . Metaph. (in wider sense; cf. οἰκονομία), an administrator, a steward: of Christian ministers, I Co 4:1, Tit 1:7; of Christians generally, I Pe 4:10.†