Oikema means “prison” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3612 — kaleb (“Caleb”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3612 οἴκημα (oikema) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. oikema (oy'-kay-mah) n. 1. a tenement 2. (specially), a jail It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include prison. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
oikema (oy'-kay-mah) n. 1. a tenement 2. (specially), a jail [from G3611] KJV: prison Root(s): G3611
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3612. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
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Usage: οἴκημα, -τος, τό (οἰκέω), [in LXX: Eze.16:24 (גַב), Tob.2:4, Wis.13:15 * ;] a dwelling. As a euphemism for other definite terms (e.g. brothel. Hdt., ii, 121; cf. Ez, l.with), a prison (Thus., iv, 47 f.); Act.12:7.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render oikema, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3612 (οἴκημα) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
that thou didst build thyself a house of fornication, and didst make thyself a public place in every street;
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And when he had made a convenient room for it, Set it in a wall, and made it fast with iron:
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3612.
that thou didst build thyself a house of fornication, and didst make thyself a public place in every street;
And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
And when he had made a convenient room for it, Set it in a wall, and made it fast with iron:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3612, grouped by book.
Oikema (Strong's G3612) is a Greek word most simply glossed "prison". oikema (oy'-kay-mah) n. 1. a tenement 2. (specially), a jail
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G3612 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3612 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as prison. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3612, with linked reader references where each row is available.