oikoumene <3625>

oikoumenh oikoumene

Pronunciation:oy-kou-men'-ay
Origin:feminine participle present passive of 3611 (as noun, by implication of 1093)
Reference:TDNT - 5:157,674
PrtSpch:n f (noun feminime)
In Greek:oikoumenh 3, oikoumenhn 8, oikoumenhv 4
In NET:world 11, earth 1, empire 1, inhabited earth 1, inhabited world 1
In AV:world 14, earth 1
Count:15
Definition :
  1. 1) the inhabited earth
    1. 1a) the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians
    2. 1b) the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire
    3. 1c) the whole inhabited earth, the world
    4. 1d) the inhabitants of the earth, men
  2. 2) the universe, the world

feminine participle present passive of 3611 (as noun, by implication, of 1093); land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire: KJV -- earth, world.
see GREEK for 3611
see GREEK for 1093
Related Hebrew:lbt <08398>; Ura <0776>

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