Meaning
denotes (a) "a house, a dwelling," e.g., Mat 1:9-7, Mat 11:8; it is used of the Tabernacle, as the House of God, Mat 12:4, and the Temple similarly, e.g., Mat 21:13, Luk 11:51, AV, "temple," RV, "sanctuary;" Joh 1:2-17; called by the Lord "your house" in Mat 23:38, Luk 13:35 (some take this as the city of Jerusalem); metaphorically of Israel as God's house, Heb 3:2, Heb 3:5, where "his house" is not Moses', but God's; of believers, similarly, Heb 3:6, where Christ is spoken of as "over God's House" (the word "own" is rightly omitted in the RV); Heb 10:21, 1Pe 2:5, 1Pe 4:17; of the body, Mat 12:44, Luk 11:24; (b) by metonymy, of the members of a household or family, e.g., Luk 10:5, Act 7:10, Act 11:14, 1Ti 1:3-5, 1Ti 3:12, 2Ti 1:16, 2Ti 4:19, RV (AV, "household"); Tit 1:11 (plural); of a local church, 1Ti 3:15; of the descendants of Jacob (Israel) and David, e.g., Mat 10:6, Luk 1:27, Luk 1:33, Act 2:36, Act 7:42. See HOME, A, No. 1. Note (1), HOUSEHOLD.
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., Mat 2:11, Mat 5:15, Mat 1:7-27, 2Ti 2:20, 2Jo 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," Joh 14:2, the eternal dwelling place of believers; the body as the dwelling place of the soul, 2Co 5:1; similarly the resurrection body of believers (id.); property, e.g., Mar 12:40; by metonymy, the inhabitants of a house, a household, e.g., Mat 12:25, Joh 4:53, 1Co 16:15. See HOUSEHOLD.
denotes "with all the house," Act 16:34, i.e., "the household."
Notes: (1) In 2Co 5:2, oiketerion, "a habitation" (see RV) is translated "house" in the AV, of the resurrection body (cp. oikia in the preceding verse; see above). (2) In 1Ti 5:13, "from house to house" is, lit., "the houses." (3) For "in every house," Act 5:42 (cp. Act 2:46), see HOME. (4) For "them which are of the house," 1Co 1:11, AV, see HOUSEHOLD.
