Quick Definition
a prison
Strong's Definition
a tenement, i.e. (specially), a jail
Derivation: from G3611 (οἰκέω);
KJV Usage: prison
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἴκημα, ὀικηματος, τό, from (Pindar and) Herodotus down, a dwelling-place, habitation; euphemistically a prison (R. V. cell), Act_12:7, as in Thucydides 4, 47f; Demosthenes, Lucian, Tox. 29; Plutarch, Agis 19; Aelian v. h. 6, 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἴκημα oikēma 1x
a dwelling; used in various conventional senses, and among them, a prison, cell, Act_12:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οἴκημα , -τος , τό
( <οἰκέω ),
[in LXX : Eze_16:24 ( H1354 ), Tob_2:4 , Wis_13:15 * ;]
a dwelling. As a euphemism for other definite terms ( e.g . brothel . Hdt ., ii, 121; cf. Ez, l.c .), a prison (Thus., iv, 47 f .); Act_12:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οἴκημα [page 440]
In Act_12:7 , the only place where it occurs in the NT, οἴκημα is used euphemistically of a prison chamber : see Field Notes , p. 120. For its more general use cf. Chrest. I, 224 b. .11 (iii/B.C.) cited s.v. αὐλή , P Lond 887 .2 (iii/B.C.) (= III. p. I) where a petitioner complains that a neighbour, who occupied apartments in the same courtyard, had erected a staircase in the courtyard to the petitioner s injury αὐτὸς δὲ εἰσώικισται εἰς δύο οἰκήματα ἐν τῆι αὐλῆι καὶ ἀνοικοδόμηκεν ἐν τῆι αὐλῆι κλεῖμα κτλ ., P Petr II. 32 (1) .17 (Ptol.) εἰσπηδήσας εἰς τὸ οἴκ [ημα ] οὗ ὤικουν , having rushed into the house where I dwelt, ib. 33 A. .5 ἐνοίκιον τοῦ οἰκήματος , rent of the house, and OGIS 483 .110 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν ὁ μὲν ὑπερῶιον οἴκημα πρὸς αὐτῶι (τῷ κοινῷ τοίχῳ ) ἔχῃ , ὁ [δ ]ὲ ἁπλο [ῦ ]ν . The dim. οἰκημάτιον occurs in P Ryl II. 77 .30 (A.D. 192) τὰς κλεῖδας τοῦ οἰκηματίου , and οἴκησις = right of dwelling in ib. 153 .7, .14 (A.D. 138 61).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
οἴκημα οἴκημα, ατος, τό, [Etym: οἰκέω] "any inhabited place, a dwellingplace", Pind. , attic: "a chamber", and in pl. "a house", Hdt. special senses, "a brothel", Hdt. : "a tavern", Isae. "a cage or pen" for animals, Hdt. "a temple, fane, chapel", id=Hdt. "a prison", Dem. "a storeroom", Plat. , Dem. "a workshop", Plat. "a story", Lat. tabulatum, Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
οἴκημα, -τος, τό
(οἰκέω), [in LXX: Eze.16:24 (גַב), Tob.2:4, Wis.13:15 * ;]
a dwelling. As a euphemism for other definite terms (e.g. brothel. Hdt., ii, 121; cf. Ez, l.with), a prison (Thus., iv, 47 f.); Act.12:7.†
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