Lexical Summary oikēma: a dwelling Original Word: οἴκημαTransliteration: oikēma Phonetic Spelling: (oy'-kay-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a dwelling Meaning: a dwelling Strong's Concordance prison cellFrom oikeo; a tenement, i.e. (specially), a jail -- prison. see GREEK oikeo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3612: οἴκημαοἴκημα, ὀικηματος, τό, from (Pindar and) Herodotus down, a dwelling-place, habitation; euphemistically a prison (R. V. cell), Acts 12:7, as in Thucydides 4, 47f; Demosthenes, Lucian, Tox. 29; Plutarch, Agis 19; Aelian v. h. 6, 1. |
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