[B-Greek] Gal 4:2 stewards

Byron & Linetta Knutson byronk at open.org
Thu Nov 6 16:18:37 EST 2003


I Gal 4:2 the word OIONOMOUS is plural.  I was wondering if there are any cases in the ancient world where a household had more than one steward at a time?  I can conceive of having plural stewards if one died and another took his place, thus a child would have been under stewardS, but did they ever serve concurrently and if so what were the cercumstances?

Also, what were the differences in job discription between STEWARDS/OIONOMOUS and TUTORSor GUARDIANS/EPITROPOUS?

Byron knutson


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