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Lexicon :: Strong's G1203 - despotēs

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δεσπότης
Transliteration
despotēs (Key)
Pronunciation
des-pot'-ace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from δέω (G1210) and posis (a husband)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:44,145

Trench's Synonyms: xxviii. κύριος, δεσπότης.

Strong’s Definitions

δεσπότης despótēs, des-pot'-ace; perhaps from G1210 and πόσις pósis (a husband); an absolute ruler ("despot"):—Lord, master.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G1203 in the following manner: Lord (5x), master (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G1203 in the following manner: Lord (5x), master (5x).

  1. a master, Lord

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δεσπότης despótēs, des-pot'-ace; perhaps from G1210 and πόσις pósis (a husband); an absolute ruler ("despot"):—Lord, master.
STRONGS G1203:
δεσπότης, -ου, ὁ, [from Pindar down], a master, lord (as of δοῦλοι, οἰκέται): 1 Timothy 6:1, [2]; 2 Timothy 2:21; Titus 2:9; 1 Peter 2:18; God is thus addressed by one who calls himself his δοῦλος: Luke 2:29, cf. Acts 4:24, 29 (δεσπότης τῶν πάντων, Job 5:8; Wis. 6:8); Christ is so called, as one who has bought his servants, 2 Peter 2:1; rules over his church, Jude 1:4 [some take δ. here as designating God; cf. R. V. marginal reading]; and whose prerogative it is to take vengeance on those who persecute his followers, Revelation 6:10.
[Synonyms: δεσπότης κύριος: δ. was strictly the correlative of slave, δοῦλος, and hence denoted absolute ownership and uncontrolled power; κύριος had a wider meaning, applicable to the various ranks and relations of life, and not suggestive either of poperty or of absolutism. Ammonius under the word δεσπότης says δ. ὁ τῶν ἀργυρωνήτων· κύριος δὲ καὶ πατὴρ υἱοῦ καὶ αὐτός τις ἑαυτοῦ. So Philo, quis rer. div. heres § 6 ὥστε τὸν δεσπότην κύριον εῖναι καὶ ἔτι ὡσανεὶ φοβερὸν κύριον οὐ μόνον τὸ κῦρος καὶ τὸ κράτος ἁπάντων ἀνημμένον, ἀλλὰ καὶ δέος καὶ φόβον ἱκανὸν ἑμποιῆσαι. Cf. Trench § 28; Woolsey, in Bib. Sacr. for 1861, p. 599f; Schmidt ch. 161, 5.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
5:8
Luke
2:29
Acts
4:24; 4:29
1 Timothy
6:1, 2
2 Timothy
2:21
Titus
2:9
1 Peter
2:18
2 Peter
2:1
Jude
1:4
Revelation
6:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1203 matches the Greek δεσπότης (despotēs),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:29 - «أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ، الآنَ تُطْلِقُ عَبْدَكَ بِسَلامٍ حَسَبَ وَعْدِكَ!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24 - فَتَوَجَّهُوا بِقَلْبٍ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى اللهِ بِالدُّعَاءِ، قَائِلِينَ: «يَا رَبُّ، يَا خَالِقَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ وَالْبَحْرِ وَكُلِّ مَا فِيهَا،

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:1 - عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَنْ هُمْ تَحْتَ نِيرِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ أَنْ يَعْتَبِرُوا سَادَتَهُمْ أَهْلاً لِكُلِّ إِكْرَامٍ، لِكَيْ لَا يَجْلِبُوا التَّجْدِيفَ عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ وَعَلَى التَّعْلِيمِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:21 - إِذَن، الَّذِي يَنْفَصِلُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الأَخِيرَةِ، مُطَهِّراً نَفْسَهُ، يَكُونُ إِنَاءً لِلاسْتِعْمَالِ الرَّفِيعِ، مُقَدَّساً، نَافِعاً لِرَّبِّ الْبَيْتِ، مُتَأَهِّباً لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:9 - وَعَلِّمِ الْعَبِيدَ أَنْ يَكُونُوا خَاضِعِينَ لِسَادَتِهِمْ، مُرْضِينَ لَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ؛ غَيْرَ مُعَانِدِينَ؛

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:18 - أَيُّهَا الْخَدَمُ، اخْضَعُوا لِسَادَتِكُمْ بِاحْتِرَامٍ لائِقٍ. لَيْسَ لِلسَّادَةِ الصَّالِحِينَ الْمُتَرَفِّقِينَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ لِلظَّالِمِينَ الْقُسَاةِ أَيْضاً!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:1 - وَلَكِنْ، كَمَا كَانَ فِي الشَّعْبِ قَدِيماً أَنْبِيَاءُ دَجَّالُونَ، كَذَلِكَ سَيَكُونُ بَيْنَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً مُعَلِّمُونَ دَجَّالُونَ. هَؤُلاءِ سَيَدُسُّونَ بِدَعاً مُهْلِكَةً، وَيُنْكِرُونَ السَّيِّدَ الَّذِي اشْتَرَاهُمْ لِنَفْسِهِ. وَبِذَلِكَ يَجْلِبُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ دَمَاراً سَرِيعاً.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:4 - لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَسَلَّلَ إِلَى مَا بَيْنَكُمْ مُعَلِّمُونَ لابُدَّ أَنْ يُلاقُوا الْحُكْمَ بِالْعِقَابِ الأَبَدِيِّ، كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ لَهُمْ مُنْذُ الْقَدِيمِ. فَهُمْ أَشْرَارٌ لَا يَهَابُونَ اللهَ، يَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ نِعْمَةِ إِلَهِنَا فُرْصَةً لإِبَاحَةِ الرَّذَائِلِ، وَيُنْكِرُونَ سَيِّدَنَا وَرَبَّنَا الْوَحِيدَ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:10 - وَهُمْ يَصْرُخُونَ لِلرَّبِّ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِمْ: «حَتَّى مَتَى، أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الْقُدُّوسُ وَالْحَقُّ، تُؤَخِّرُ مُعَاقَبَةَ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ عَلَى مَا فَعَلُوهُ بِنَا؟ مَتَى تَنْتَقِمُ مِنْهُمْ لِدِمَائِنَا؟»
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