- Transliteration: Oikoumene

- Phonetic: oy-kou-men'-ay

- Definition:

1. the inhabited earth

a. the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians

b. the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire

c. the whole inhabited earth, the world

d. the inhabitants of the earth, men

2. the universe, the world

- Origin: feminine participle present passive of G3611" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3611 (as noun, by implication of G1093" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1093)

- TDNT entry: 07:37,7

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Feminine participle present passive of G3611" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3611 (as noun by implication of G1093" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1093); land that is the (terrene part of the) globe; specifically the Roman empire: - earth world.