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Charis

2008-07-28

The vaunted “Titus 2 woman” is called the oikouros translated “homemaker” (NKJV) or “housekeeper”. This is a compound word from oikos– house, household, family; and ouros– a guard, be “ware”, guardian, a watcher, a warden. of the home,

To me, this call upon her sounds very similar to Adam’s.  I think it encompasses protecting, warning, and spiritual warfare on behalf of her household (and has little if anything to do with “housekeeping” in the traditionally understood sense of domestic servitude)

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The Unfaithful Watchman

2008-07-27