Lexical Definition

‎οἰκέτης‎ oikétēs (oy-ket'-ace) slave ^G:N-M
from ‎οἰκέω‎

(household) servant.

• a fellow resident, i.e. menial domestic

Abbott-Smith

οἰκέτης, -ου, ὁ (< οἰκέω), [in LXX for עֶבֶד;]
a house-servant: Lk 16:13, Ro 14:4; pl., Ac 10:7, I Pe 2:18. (In Plat., Hdt., Si 4:30 6:11, the pl. includes all the inmates of the house, the familia, οἰκετεία..)†
SYN.: v.s. διάκονος.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

οἰκέτης-ης, ου, ὁ,

(οἶκος) household slave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 οἱ οἰκέτηςαι also, ={οἰκετεία}, household, [οἰκέτηςου, διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἀπελευθέρους μὲν δούλους ἔτι εἶναι, οἰκέτηςας δὲ τοὺς μὴ τῆς κτήσεως ἀφειμένους “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.86: but frequently synonymous with δοῦλος, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1252b12, +others, “PLille” 29.2 (3rd c.BC), “IG” 5(1).1390.77 (Andania, 1st c.BC) ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοῦλος μεῖζον οἰκέτηςου φρονῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II as epithet of Apollo, ἱερέως.. Καρνείου Βοικέτα [Β = ϝ] [Refs]