King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3612
Transliteration: oikēma
Phonetic Spelling: (oy'-kay-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a dwelling
Meaning: a dwelling
οἴκημα, ὀικηματος, τό, from (Pindar and) Herodotus down, a dwelling-place, habitation; euphemistically a prison (R. V. cell), Acts 12:7, as in Thucydides 4, 47f; Demosthenes, Lucian, Tox. 29; Plutarch, Agis 19; Aelian v. h. 6, 1.
Word Summary
oikēma: a dwelling
Original Word: οἴκημαTransliteration: oikēma
Phonetic Spelling: (oy'-kay-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a dwelling
Meaning: a dwelling
Strong's Concordance
prison cellFrom oikeo; a tenement, i.e. (specially), a jail -- prison.
see GREEK oikeo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3612: οἴκημαοἴκημα, ὀικηματος, τό, from (Pindar and) Herodotus down, a dwelling-place, habitation; euphemistically a prison (R. V. cell), Acts 12:7, as in Thucydides 4, 47f; Demosthenes, Lucian, Tox. 29; Plutarch, Agis 19; Aelian v. h. 6, 1.