King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3626
Transliteration: oukouros
Phonetic Spelling: (oy-koo-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: working at home
Meaning: working at home
οἰκουργός, ὀικουργον (οἶκος, ἘΡΓΩ (cf. ἔργον), cf. ἀμπελουργός, γεωργός, etc.), caring for the house, working at home: Titus 2:5 L T Tr WH; see the following word. Not found elsewhere.
Word Summary
oukouros: working at home
Original Word: οὐκουρόςTransliteration: oukouros
Phonetic Spelling: (oy-koo-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: working at home
Meaning: working at home
Strong's Concordance
Domestically inclinedFrom oikos and ouros (a guard; be "ware"); a stayer at home, i.e. Domestically inclined (a "good housekeeper") -- keeper at home.
see GREEK oikos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3626: οἰκουργόςοἰκουργός, ὀικουργον (οἶκος, ἘΡΓΩ (cf. ἔργον), cf. ἀμπελουργός, γεωργός, etc.), caring for the house, working at home: Titus 2:5 L T Tr WH; see the following word. Not found elsewhere.
STRONGS NT 3626: οἰκουρόςοἰκουρός, ὀικουρου, ὁ, ἡ (οἶκος, and οὐρός a keeper; see θυρωρός and κηπουρός);
a. properly, the (watch or) keeper of a house (Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Pausanias, Plutarch, others).
b. tropically, keeping at home and taking care of household affairs, domestic: Titus 2:5 R G; cf. Fritzsche, De conformatione N. T. critica etc., p. 29; (Winers Grammar, 100f (95)); (Aeschylus Ag. 1626; Euripides, Hec. 1277; σώφρονας, οἰκουρούς καί φιλάνδρους, Philo de exsecr. § 4).