Luke 16:2
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
λόγος
account
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λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
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δύναμαι
you are able
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δύναμαι
To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.
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οἰκονομία
stewardship
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οἰκονομία
Stewardship, management, administration. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others faithfully administering God's grace.
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φωνέω
having called
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φωνέω
to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation
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τίς
What is
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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ἔπω
he said
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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οἰκονομέω
to manage.
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οἰκονομέω
to manage (a house, i.e. an estate)
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ἔτι
any longer
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ἔτι
"yet," still (of time or degree)
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