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]
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