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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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STEWARD . This term is found six times in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] of OT. It is applied to Eliezer in Genesis 15:2 , where RV [Note: Revised Version.] rightly tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘he that shall he possessor of my house.’ In Genesis 43:19; Genesis 44:1-4 Joseph’s ‘steward’ (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] ) is lit. ‘he who was over his house’ (cf. Genesis 43:16 , 1 Kings 16:19 in RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). In 1 Chronicles 28:1 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘stewards’ is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Heb. sârîm (lit. ‘princes,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘rulers’). For the ‘steward’ of Daniel 1:11; Daniel 1:18 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), see Melzar.

The NT terms are (1) epitropos , ‘steward’ in Matthew 20:8 , Luke 8:3; also translated in Galatians 4:2 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘tutors,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘guardians.’ (2) oikonomos , the usual term, found both literally and metaphorically, as is also the cognate noun oikonomia stewardship .’ The latter is used literally in Luke 16:2; Luke 16:8; Luke 16:4 , and metaphorically in 1 Corinthians 9:17 , Ephesians 3:2 , Colossians 1:25 , 1 Timothy 1:4 [in last three ‘dispensation,’ RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘stewardship’].

W. F. Boyd.

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Steward'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​s/steward.html. 1909.
 
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