Reference: Steward
Hastings
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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But Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make ready, for the men are to dine with me at noon."
So they went up to the steward of Joseph's house and spoke with him at the door of the house,
Then he commanded the steward of his house, "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, and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain." And he did as Joseph told him. read more. As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys. They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?
David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty men and all the seasoned warriors.
Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
At the end of the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'
and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.
And he called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.'
The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship.
but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father.
assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you,
of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,
To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.