to manage
oikonomeo refers to managing an entrusted responsibility, as a manager required to give an account.
The sole attested use concerns continuing in responsibility for management: in Luke 16:2, the present active infinitive occurs in the statement that the manager is no longer able to carry out that responsibility.
Senses in use
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Carrying out a manager's responsibility · dominant
In Luke 16:2, οἰκονομεῖν is a present active infinitive in the declaration that the summoned man is no longer able to continue in the responsibility under review. The APB renders the surrounding statement, “Render the account of your management, for you are no longer able to manage.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 16:2, the APB presents the clause with “management” and “manage.” These words confirm the verse’s management setting rather than establish separate renderings.