world

Greek Noun Female

οἰκουμένη, -ης, ἡ (fern. Pres. pass. ptcp. of οἰκέω; sc. γῆ) [in LXX chiefly for תֵּבֵל, אֶרֶץ;] the inhabited earth; (a) in cl, the countries occupied by Greeks, as disting. from barbarian lands (Hdt, Dem, al.); (b) in later writers, the Roman world: Luk.2:1, Act.11:28 24:5; by meton, of its inhabitants: Act.17:6 19:27; (with) in LXX (Psa.23:1 71:8, al.) and NT, also of the whole inhabited world: Mat.24:14, Luk.4:5 21:26, Rom.10:18, Heb.1:6, Rev.3:10 16:14; by meton. (ut supr.), Act.17:31, Rev.12:9; (d) of the Messianic age, ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα = ὁ αἰὼ ὁ μέλλων: Heb.2:5. (AS)

world

Greek Noun Female

οἰκουμέν-η (i.e. γῆ), ἡ, inhabited region, see at {οἰκέω} [Refs 4th c.BC+]; then the Greek world, opposed to barbarian lands, [Refs 4th c.BC+] = the inhabited world (including non-Greek lands, as Ethiopia, India, Scythia), as opposed to possibly uninhabited regions,[Refs 4th c.BC+] = our world (= Asia, Libya, Europe); οἰκουμέναι worlds,[LXX+4th c.BC+]; loosely, the whole world, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: so perhaps in some passages cited under [Refs] II) the Roman world, ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων (etc.) τῆς οἰ, i.e. the Emperor, [NT+1st c.AD+] III) ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα the world to come, i.e. the kingdom of Christ, [NT]

Greek

Noun Feminine

land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire; earth, world; feminine participle present passive of g3611 (οἰκέω) (as noun, by implication, of g1093 (γῆ))