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oikoumenē G3625

οἰκουμένη (oikoumenē) means “world” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

οἰκουμένη Greek · G3625 15 tagged occurrences in 15 verses

Pronunciation guide: oy-kou-men'-ay Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3625

οἰκουμένη · oikoumenē · world

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, Act.11:28 24:5; by meton., of its inhabitants : Act.17:6 19:27; (with) in LXX (Psa.23:1 71:8, al.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Mat.24:14, Luk.4:5 21:26, Rom.10:18, Heb.1:6, Rev.3:10 16:14; by meton. (ut supr.), Act.17:31, Rev.12:9; (d) of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα = ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων: Heb.2:5.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(properly: the land that is being inhabited, the land in a state of habitation), the inhabited world, that is, the Roman world, for all outside it was regarded as of no account.

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How translators render G3625

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
world 11
earth 2
empire 1
the world upside down 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the world 10
of the world 2
world 2
of the 1
the earth 1

Verses containing G3625

Page 1 of 1. 15 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

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  2. Luke 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

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  3. Luke 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

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  4. Luke 21:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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  5. Acts 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

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  6. Acts 17:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

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  7. Acts 17:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

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  8. Acts 19:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”

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  9. Acts 24:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

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  10. Romans 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

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  11. Hebrews 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

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  12. Hebrews 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

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  13. Revelation 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

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  14. Revelation 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

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  15. Revelation 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

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