Gloss
house servant, domestic slave
Forms of the word
Dictionary
οἰκέτης, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration
oiketēs
Simplified transliteration
oiketes
Numbers
Strong's number
3610
GK Number
3860
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1f
Definition
pr. an inmate of a house; a domestic servant, household slave, Lk. 16:13; Acts 10:7; Rom. 14:4; 1 Pet. 2:18*
Greek-English Concordance for οἰκέτης
| Luke 16:13 | “No servant (oiketēs | οἰκέτης | nom sg masc) is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” |
| Acts 10:7 | When the angel who spoke to him had gone away, he called two of his servants (oiketōn | οἰκετῶν | gen pl masc) and a devout soldier from among those who waited on him, |
| Romans 14:4 | Who are you to pass judgment on someone else’s servant (oiketēn | οἰκέτην | acc sg masc)? It is before his own master that he will stand or fall. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. |
| 1 Peter 2:18 | Household servants (oiketai | οἰκέται | nom pl masc) should be subject to their masters with all respect, not only to the good and kind but also to the unjust. |
