Lexical Definition

‎οἶκος‎ oîkos (oy'-kos) house: home ^G:N-M
of uncertain affinity

home, house(-hold), temple.

• a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative)
• by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

οἶκος, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for הֵיכָל, אֹהֶל, etc.;]

1. prop., a house, dwelling: Ac 2:2 19:16; c. gen. poss., Mt 9:6, 7, Mk 2:11, Lk 1:23, al.; c. gen. attrib., ἐμπορίου, Jo 2:16; προσευχῆς, Mt 21:13, al.; of a sanctuary (Hdt., Eur.): οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, of the tabernacle, Mt 12:4, al.; the temple, Mt 21:13, al.; metaph. of a city: Mt 23:38, Lk 13:35; of the body, Mt 12:44, Lk 11:24; of Christians, I Pe 2:5; ἐν οἴ (M, Pr., 81 f.), at home, Mk 2:1, I Co 11:34 14:35; so κατ’ οἶκον, Ac 2:46 5:42; οἱ εἰς (= οἱ ἐν; v.s. εἰς) τ. οἶ., Lk 7:10 15:6; κατ’ οἴκους, from house to house, Ac 8:3 20:20; εἰς (κατ’) οἶκον, c. gen. (Bl., § 46, 9), Mk 8:3, Lk 14:1, Ro 16:5, al.
2. By meton., a house, household, family: Lk 10:5, Ac 7:10, I Co 1:16, I Ti 3:4, 5 al.; of the Church, ὁ οἶ. τ. θεοῦ, I Ti 3:15, He 3:2, I Pe 4:17; of descendants, οἶ Ἰσραήλ (Δαυείδ, Ἰακώβ; Bl, § 47, 9), Mt 10:6, Lk 1:27, 33, al. (cf. Ex 6:14, I Ki 2:30, al.).
SYN.: v.s. οἰκία.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

οἶκος, ὁ,

house, not only of built houses, but of any dwelling-place, as that of Achilles at Troy (see. κλισία), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the Cyclops' cave, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a tent, [LXX]; οἶκον ἱκάνεται is coming home, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς or ἐς οἶκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ κατ᾽ οἶκον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου ἀποχωρῆσαι go home wards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ οἴκου from home, [Refs]; compare οἰκία.

__b frequently omitted after εἰς or ἐν, see at {εἰς} [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 room, chamber, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; dining-hall, ἑπτάκλινος οἶ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; room in a temple, [Refs] frequently, = a single house, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλαυθμῶν τῶν ἐξ οἴκων domestic griefs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς or πρὸς οἴκους, [Refs]; κατ᾽ οἴκους at home, within, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of public buildings, meeting-house, hall, οἶ. Κηρύκων [Refs] of treasuries at Delos, [Refs 5th c.AD+]., see at {ἐγκριτήριος}; temple, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ οἴ. τοῦ Ἄμμωνος [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὁ οἶ. [τοῦ θεοῦ] [NT]; of a funerary monument, [Refs]; ἀΐδιοι οἶ., i.e. tombs, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 cage for birds, [Refs] (assuming variant, οἰκ[ίσκ]ῳ Valck.); beehive, [Refs]
__5 Astrology texts, domicile of a planet, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II one's household goods, substance [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Attic dialect law, estate, inheritance, οἶκον κατασχεῖν τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare οἰκία.
__III a reigning house, οἶ. ὁ βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of any family, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; οἶ. Σεβαστός, = domus Augusta, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: cf. Sanskrit veśás, viś- 'house', Latin vicus, vicinus, etc.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.31.33 ☩ Matt.21.13 ☩ LXX.Gen.7.1}