Strong G3625 — οἰκουμένη

G3625 G3625 = G3625 οἰκουμένη oikoumenē G:N-F world οἰκουμένη, -ης, ἡ (fern. Pres. pass. ptcp. of οἰκέω; sc. γῆ) [in LXX chiefly for תֵּבֵל, אֶרֶץ ;] the inhabited earth; (a) in cl., the countries occupied by Greeks, as disting. from barbarian lands (Hdt., Dem., itd.); (b) in later writers, the Roman world: Łk 2:1, Dz 11:28 24:5; by meton., of its inhabitants : Dz 17:6 19:27; (with) in LXX (Psa.23:1 71:8, itd.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Mt 24:14, Łk 4:5 21:26, Rz 10:18, Hbr 1:6, Obj 3:10 16:14; by meton. (ut supr.), Dz 17:31, Obj 12:9; (d) of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα = ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων: Hbr 2:5.† (AS)