Strong’s G3610 · Greek
οἰκέτης
oikétēs
Definition
a fellow resident, i.e. menial domestic
Etymology
from G3611 (οἰκέω);
Where the KJV renders it
- (household) servant
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
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