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<div> '''A — 1: '''''Οἶκος''''' ''' (Strong'S #3624 — Noun Masculine — oikos — oy'-kos ) </div> <p> denotes (a) "a house, a dwelling," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 9:6,7; &nbsp;11:8; it is used of the Tabernacle, as the House of God, &nbsp;Matthew 12:4 , and the Temple similarly, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 21:13; &nbsp;Luke 11:51 , AV, "temple," RV, "sanctuary;" &nbsp;John 2:16,17; called by the Lord "your house" in &nbsp;Matthew 23:38; &nbsp;Luke 13:35 (some take this as the city of Jerusalem); metaphorically of [[Israel]] as God's house, &nbsp; Hebrews 3:2,5 , where "his house" is not Moses', but God's; of believers, similarly, ver. 6, where Christ is spoken of as "over God's House" (the word "own" is rightly omitted in the RV); &nbsp;Hebrews 10:21; &nbsp;1 Peter 2:5; &nbsp;4:17; of the body, &nbsp;Matthew 12:44; &nbsp;Luke 11:24; (b) by metonymy, of the members of a household or family, e.g., &nbsp;Luke 10:5; &nbsp;Acts 7:10; &nbsp;11:14; &nbsp;1 Timothy 3:4,5,12; &nbsp;2 Timothy 1:16; &nbsp;4:19 , RV (AV, "household"); &nbsp;Titus 1:11 (plural); of a local church, &nbsp; 1 Timothy 3:15; of the descendants of Jacob (Israel) and David, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 10:6; &nbsp;Luke 1:27,33; &nbsp;Acts 2:36; &nbsp;7:42 . See [[Home]] , A, No. 1. Note (1), [[Household]] </p> <div> '''A — 2: '''''Οἰκία''''' ''' (Strong'S #3614 — Noun [[Feminine]] — oikia — oy-kee'-ah ) </div> <p> is akin to No. 1, and used much in the same way; in Attic law oikos denoted the whole estate, oikia stood for the dwelling only; this distinction was largely lost in later Greek. In the NT it denotes (a) "a house, a dwelling," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 2:11; &nbsp;5:15; &nbsp;7:24-27; &nbsp;2 Timothy 2:20; &nbsp;2 John 1:10; it is not used of the [[Tabernacle]] or the Temple, as in the case of No. 1; (b) metaphorically, the heavenly abode, spoken of by the Lord as "My Father's house," &nbsp;John 14:2 , the eternal dwelling place of believers; the body as the dwelling place of the soul, &nbsp;2 Corinthians 5:1; similarly the resurrection body of believers (id.); property, e.g., &nbsp;Mark 12:40; by metonymy, the inhabitants of a house, a household, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 12:25; &nbsp;John 4:53; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 16:15 . See Household. </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Πανοικεί''''' ''' (Strong'S #3832 — Adverb — panoikei — pan-oy-kee' ) </div> <p> denotes "with all the house," &nbsp;Acts 16:34 , i.e., "the household." </p> &nbsp;2 Corinthians 5:2&nbsp;1 Timothy 5:13&nbsp;Acts 5:42&nbsp; Acts 2:46Home.&nbsp; 1 Corinthians 1:11Household.