Words the Bible translates as administration
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- diakoniaδιακονίαa commission carried out on behalf of another: the assigned work or ministry someone is charged to do, especially in the service of God
- oikonomiaοἰκονομίαthe job of managing what an owner entrusts to a manager: stewardship, the office and work of a trusted agent
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- the ordered way God runs things: his administering of his purpose through history and over the world
- kubernēsisκυβέρνησιςwise, steering leadership that guides a community, pictured as a helmsman steering a ship through rough water
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