οἰκουμένη, οἰκουμένης, ἡ (feminine of the present passive participle from οἰκέω (namely, γῆ; cf. Winers Grammar, § 64, 5; Buttmann, § 123, 8)); 1. the inhabited earth; a. in Greek writings often the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians, cf. Passow, ii., p. 415a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I.). b. in the Greek authors who wrote about Roman affairs (like the Latinorbis terrarum) equivalent to the Roman empire: so πᾶσα ἡ οἰκουμένη contextually equivalent to all the subjects of this empire, Luk_2:1. c. the whole inhabited earth, the world (so in (Hyperides, Eux. 42 (probably Liddell and Scott)) the Sept. for ϊΕΜαΕμ and ΰΖψΖυ): Luk_4:5; Luk_21:26; Act_24:5; Rom_10:18; Rev_16:14; Heb_1:6 (πᾶσα ἡ οἰκουμένη, Josephus, b. j. 7, 3, 3); ὅλῃ ἡ οἰκουμένη, Mat_24:14; Act_11:28 (in the same sense Josephus, Antiquities 8, 13, 4 πᾶσα ἡ οἰκουμένη; cf. Bleek, Erklär. d. drei ersten Evv. i., p. 68); by metonymy, the inhabitants of the earth, men: Act_17:6; Act_17:31 (Psa_9:9); ; ἡ οἰκουμένη ὅλῃ, all mankind, Rev_3:10; Rev_12:9. 2. the universe, the world: Wis_1:7 (alternating there with τά πάντα); ἡ οἰκουμένη μελλουσα, that consummate state of all things which will exist after Christ's return from heaven, Heb_2:5 (where the word alternates with πάντα and τά πάντα, Heb_2:8, which there is taken in an absolute sense).

οἰκουμένη oikoumenē 15x some list as a participle, the habitable earth, world, Mat_24:14 ; Rom_10:18 ; Heb_1:6 ; used, however, with various restrictions of meaning, according to the context, Luk_2:1 ; Act_17:6 ; meton. the inhabitants of the earth, the whole human race, mankind, Act_17:31 ; Act_19:27 ; Rev_3:10 . Some view this word as a participial form of οἰκέω . humankind; inhabited earth. οἰκουργός oikourgos 1x one who is occupied in domestic affairs, Tit_2:5

οἰκουμένη , -ης , ἡ (fern. Pres . pass . ptcp . of οἰκέω ; sc . γῆ ), [in LXX chiefly for H8398 , H776 ;] 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 ; Act_24:5 ; by meton ., of its inhabitants : Act_17:6 ; Act_19:27 ; (c) in LXX ( Psa_23:1 ; Psa_71:8 , al. ) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Mat_24:14 , Luk_4:5 ; Luk_21:26 , Rom_10:18 , Heb_1:6 , Rev_3:10 ; Rev_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 .†

οἰκουμένη [page 443] Ἡ οἰκουμένη (γῆ ), the inhabited world, is a common designation of the Roman Empire, orbis terrarum : cf. e.g. the notification of the accession of Nero, P Oxy VII. 1021 .5 ff. (A.D. 54) ὁ δὲ τῆς οἰκουμένης καὶ προσδοκηθεὶς καὶ ἐλπισθεὶς Αὐτοκράτωρ ἀποδέδεικται , ἀγαθὸς δαίμων δὲ τῆς οἰκου̣μένης [ἀρ ]χὴ̣ ὤν [[μ̣ε̣γ̣ι̣σ̣]] τ̣ε πάντων ἀγαθῶν Νέρων Καῖσαρ ἀποδέδεικται , and the expectation and hope of the world has been declared Emperor, the good genius of the world and source of all good things, Nero, has been declared Caesar (Ed.) : cf. OGIS 666 .3 , 668 .5 . Similarly Preisigke 176 .2 (A.D. 161 180) with reference to Marcus Aurelius τὸν εὐεργέτην καὶ σωτῆρα τῆς ὅλης οἰκου [μένης . In ib. 1070 (Abydos) a god [Besa ?] is invoked as ἄψευστον καὶ δι᾽ ὅλης οἰκουμέν (ης ) μαρτυρούμενον . See also such magic invocations as P Lond 121 .704 (iii/A.D.) (=I. p. 107) σὲ καλῶ τὸν καταλάμποντα τὴν ὅλην οἰκουμένην , P Leid V ii. 9 (iii/iv A.D.) ἥκε μοι ο ( l. ὦ ) δέσποτα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ , ἐπιλάμπων τῇ οἰκουμένῃ . A very early instance of the phrase occurs in PSI V. 541 .7 where a certain Aigyptos supplicates Ptolemy II. or III. σοῦ τῆς οἰκουμένης πάσης βασιλεύοντος : cf. 1Es_2:3 . We may add a new ex. from the New Comedy in P Hib I. 5 Fr. ( a ) .16 τῆς οἰκουμένης | ἱερὰ σαφῶς αὕτη ᾽στὶν ἡ χώρα μόνη . It is hardly necessary to point out that the pleasant hyperbole of Luk_2:1 , Act_11:28 (cf. Ramsay Paul p. 48 f.) al. must not be pressed too far.

οἰκουμένη [Etym: pres. part of οἰκέω] ( sc. γῆ) "the inhabited world", a term used to designate "the Greek world", as opp. to barbarian lands, Hdt. , Dem. , etc.:—so in Roman times, "the Roman world", NTest. : metaph., ἡ οἰκ. ἡ μέλλουσα "the world" to come, i. e. the kingdom of Christ, id=NTest.

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)