ΟἸΚΟΥΜΈΝΗ

ΟἸΚΟΥΜΈΝΗ: οἰκουμένη, -ης, ἡ [ (fem. 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: Lk 2:1, Ac 11:28 24:5; by meton., of its inhabitants: Ac 17:6 19:27; (c) . in LXX (Ps 22 (23):1 70 (71):8, al.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Mt 24:14, Lk 4:5 21:26, Ro 10:18, He 1:6, Re 3:10 16:14; by meton. (ut supr.), Ac 17:31, Re 12:9; (d) . of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα = ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων: He 2:5.†