Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
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Steward
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Titus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
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6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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οἰκονόμος
oikonómos · oy-kon-om'-os
5 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel)
Strong's KJV usage: :--chamberlain, governor, steward.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 12:42Strong's last: Titus 1:7
Open full G3623 profile →ἐπίτροπος
epítropos · ep-it'-rop-os
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a commissioner, i.e. domestic manager, guardian
Strong's KJV usage: :--steward, tutor.
Strong's first: Matthew 20:8Strong's last: Luke 8:3
Open full G2012 profile →οἰκονομέω
oikonoméō · oy-kon-om-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to manage (a house, i.e. an estate)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be steward.
Strong's first: Luke 16:2Strong's last: Luke 16:2
Open full G3621 profile →אִישׁ
ʼîysh · eesh
1 times translated as this KJV form1,622 total Strong's occurrences
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Strong's KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Strong's first: Genesis 43:19Strong's last: Genesis 43:19
Open full H376 profile →בַּיִת
bayith · bah'-yith
1 times translated as this KJV form2,046 total Strong's occurrences
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 44:4Strong's last: Genesis 44:4
Open full H1004 profile →בֵּן
bên · bane
1 times translated as this KJV form4,878 total Strong's occurrences
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 15:2Strong's last: Genesis 15:2
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H1121
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
H376
And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
no direct Strong's tag
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
H1004
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
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steward
STEWARD, noun [G., a room. The steward was then originally a chamberlain or a butler.]
1. A man employed in great families to manage the domestic concerns, superintend the other servants, collect the rents or income, keep the accounts, etc. See Genesis 15:2 and 43:19.
2. An officer of state; as lord high steward; steward of the household, etc.
3. In colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the concerns of the kitchen.
4. In a ship of war, an officer who is appointed by the purser to distribute provisions to the officers and crew. In other ships, a man who superintends the provisions and liquors, and supplies the table.
5. In Scripture and theology, a minister of Christ, whose duty is to dispense the provisions of the gospel, to preach its doctrines and administer its ordinances.
It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:1.
STEWARD, verb transitive To manage as a steward [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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