Lexical Definition

‎οἰκονομέω‎ oikonoméō (oy-kon-om-eh'-o) to manage ^G:V
from ‎οἰκονόμος‎

be steward.

• to manage (a house, i.e. an estate)

Abbott-Smith

οἰκονομέω, -ῶ (< οἰκονόμος), [in LXX: Ps 111 (112):5* (כּוּל pilp.), II Mac 3:14*;]
to manage as house-steward, be a steward: absol., Lk 16:2; hence, generally (v.s. οἰκονομία), to manage, regulate, arrange (cl., II Mac 3:14, III Mac 3:2 R).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

οἰκονομέω-έω,

manage as a house-steward, order, regulate, θαλάμους πατρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτα (i.e. meats) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 dispense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; disburse, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 treat a substance with another, πυρίτην ὀξάλμῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, of a poet, εἰ τὰ ἄλλα μὴ εὖ οἰ. treat, handle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so (in middle) of an artist, οἰ. τὴν ὕλην [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, τὰ σκέμματα.. ᾠκονομήσθω [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 of public officers, administer, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, πολιτεία ἀρίστη ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρίστων -ουμένη [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, to be a house-steward, [NT]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.16.2}