primarily denoted "the manager of a household or estate" (oikos, "a house," nemo, "to arrange"), "a steward" (such were usually slaves or freedmen), Luk 12:42, Luk 16:1, Luk 16:3, Luk 16:8, 1Co 4:2, Gal 4:2, RV (AV, "governors"); in Rom 16:23, the "treasurer" (RV) of a city (see CHAMBERLAIN, Note); it is used metaphorically, in the wider sense, of a "steward" in general, (a) of preachers of the Gospel and teachers of the Word of God, 1Co 4:1; (b) of elders or bishops in churches, Tit 1:7; (c) of believers generally, 1Pe 4:10.
is rendered "steward" in Mat 20:8, Luk 8:3, see GUARDIAN. is rendered "stewardship" in Luk 1:16-4, and in the RV in 1Co 9:17, see DISPENSATION. akin to A, Nos. 1 and 3, signifies "to be a house steward," Luk 16:2. In the Sept., Psa 112:5.
