Reference: Steward
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This term is found six times in AV of OT. It is applied to Eliezer in Ge 15:2, where RV rightly tr 'he that shall he possessor of my house.' In Ge 43:19; 44:1-4 Joseph's 'steward' (AV and RV) is lit. 'he who was over his house' (cf. Ge 43:16; 1Ki 16:19 in RV). In 1Ch 28:1 AV 'stewards' is tr of Heb. s
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Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his house steward, "Bring the men into the house, and slay an animal and make ready; for the men are to dine with me at noon."
So they came near to Joseph's house steward, and spoke to him at the entrance of the house,
Then he commanded his house steward, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack. "Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain." And he did as Joseph had told him. read more. As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys. They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, "Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?
Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the valiant men.
But Daniel said to the overseer whom the commander of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,
Then at the end of the days which the king had specified for presenting them, the commander of the officials presented them before Nebuchadnezzar.
"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last group to the first.'
and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.
"And he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.'
"And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father.
if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you;
Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,
To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.