Strong's Greek · G3624
G3624 oîkos
οἶκος
oy'-kos
house
Looking for Hebrew H3624 kelach? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G3624. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
oîkos appears 113 times in Scripture, including Matthew 9:6 and Mark 5:38. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version
home, house(-hold), temple
Derivation
of uncertain affinity;
Appears 113 times in Scripture
“He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.””
“Look, your house is left to you desolate.”
“And the man got up and went home.”
“He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.”
“Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.”
“When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.”
“And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’””
“Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.”
“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
