Original Word: οἰκοδεσποτέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: oikodespoteó
Pronunciation: oy-ko-des-pot-eh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (oy-kod-es-pot-eh'-o)
KJV: guide the house
NASB: keep house
Word Origin: [from G3617 (οἰκοδεσπότης - head of the house)]

1. to be the head of (i.e. rule) a family

to rule a household

From oikodespotes; to be the head of (i.e. Rule) a family -- guide the house.

see GREEK oikodespotes

Word Origin
from oikodespotés
Definition
to rule a household
NASB Translation
keep house (1).

STRONGS NT 3616: οἰκοδεσποτέω

οἰκοδεσποτέω, ὀικοδεσπότω; (οἰκοδεσπότης); to be master (or head) of a house; to rule a household, manage family affairs: 1 Timothy 5:14. (A later Greek word; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 373.)

Forms and Transliterations

οικοδεσποτειν οικοδεσποτείν οἰκοδεσποτεῖν oikodespotein oikodespoteîn

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