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οἰκοδεσποτέω

oikodespoteō

to manage a house

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Strong’s G3616Verb1 time in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

to manage their households1

In the text

1 Timothy 5:14οἰκοδεσποτεῖν
So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

Abbott-Smith

οἰκο-δεσποτέω, -ῶ
(οἰκοδεσπότης)
to rule a household: 1Ti.5:14.†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.