Definition

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)

Etymology

from G3624 (οἶκος) and the base of G3551 (νόμος);

Where the KJV renders it

• chamberlain
• governor
• steward

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.

What the first audience heard

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