Strong's Number G3625

οἰκουμένη

oikoumene · oy-kou-men'-ay

Transliteration:

oikoumene{oy-kou-men'-ay}

Word Origin:

feminine participle present passive of 3611 (as noun, by implication of 1093)

TDNT:

5:157,674

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire

Usage in the KJV:

world 14, earth 1

Total: 15
Occurs 15 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

the inhabited earth
1. the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians
2. the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire
3. the whole inhabited earth, the world
4. the inhabitants of the earth, men
the universe, the world