οἰκονομία, -ας, ἡ (οἰκονομέω), [in LXX: Isa.22:19, 21 (מַצָּב, מֶמְשָׁלָה)*;] 1) prop. (Plat, Arist.), the office of οἰκονόμος,
stewardship: Luk.16:2-4. 2) In later writers (Plut, al; see AR on Eph.1:10; MM, xviii), generally,
administration, dispensation: 1Co.9:17, Eph.1:10 3:2, 9, Col.1:25, 1Ti.1:4. (
AS)