οἰκουμένη

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, ApG 11,28; 24,5; by meton., of its inhabitants : ApG 17,6; 19,27;

(with) in LXX (Sl 23,1; 71,8, al.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Matt 24,14, Luk 4,5; 21,26, Rom 10,18, Hebr 1,6, Åb 3,10; 16,14; by meton. (ut supr.), ApG 17,31, Åb 12,9;

(d) of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα = ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων: Hebr 2,5,†