οἰκονόμος

οἰκονόμος, -ου, ὁ

(οἶκος + νέμω, to manage) [in LXX chiefly for עַל ;]

1. prop., the manager of a household or estate, a house- or land-steward (usually a slave or freedman): Luk 12,42; 16,1, 3; 16,8, 1 Kor 4,2, Gal 4,2; ὀ οἰ. τ. πόλεως (RV, treasurer; cf. I Est 4,49), Rom 16,23.

2. Metaphorical (in wider sense; cf. οἰκονομία), an administrator, a steward: of Christian ministers, 1 Kor 4,1, Tit 1,7; of Christians generally, 1 Pet 4,10,†