Words the Bible translates as steward
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.
- oikonomosοἰκονόμοςa manager put in charge of another person's household, property or funds, with real authority to act and a reckoning to face
- sakhanסָכַןto be of benefit: to be worth something to the one who stands to gain
+2 more meanings
- an attendant: a person kept close to a superior to look after him personally
- to be long familiar with: to know something by living with it rather than by hearing of it
- meltsarמֶלְצָר`steward`not studied yet
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