οἰκονομία, -ας, ἡ
(< οἰκονομέω), [in LXX: Is 22:19, 21 (מַצָּב, מֶמְשָׁלָה)*;]
1. prop. (Plat., Arist.), the office ofοἰκονόμος, stewardship: Lk 16:2-4.
2. In later writers (Plut., al.; v. AR on Eph 1:10; MM, xviii), generally, administration, dispensation: I Co 9:17, Eph 1:103:2, 9, Col 1:25, I Ti 1:4.†