Lexical Definition
οἰκουρός oikourós (oy-koo-ros') busy at home G:A
from οἶκος and
keeper at home.
- be "ware")
- a stayer at home, i.e. domestically inclined (a "good housekeeper")
Abbott-Smith
* οἰκ-ουρός, -ον (< οἶκος + οὖρος, a keeper);
1. watching or keeping the house; as subst., ἡ οἰ., a housekeeper (Soph., Eur.; v. LS, s.v.).
2. keeping at home: Tit 2:5, Rec. (v. Field, Notes, 220 ff.; CGT, in l., and cf. οἰκουργός).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Titus | 2:5 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
οἰκουρός, όν,
(οὖρος B) watching or keeping the house, of a watch-dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cock, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; οἰ. ὄφις, of the sacred serpent in the Acropolis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II keeping at home: as substantive, οἰκουρός, ἡ, mistress of the house, housekeeper, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as adjective, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; used in praise of a good wife, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 contemptuously of a man, stay-at-home, opposed to one who goes forth to war, λέοντ᾽ ἄναλκιν.. οἰκουρόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]