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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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:8 - And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:14 - And he said to him, I am now come, the chief captain of the host of the Lord. And Joshua fell on his face upon the earth, and said to him, Lord, what commandest thou thy servant?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:8 - Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:7 - For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 - they fearing and reverencing men unreasonably have been overthrown, but he that trusts in the Lord shall rejoice. Ungodliness causes a man to stumble: but he that trusts in [fn]his master shall be safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgment on mine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:1 - Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33 - Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will mightily confound the glorious ones; and the haughty in pride shall be crushed, and the lofty shall be brought low:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:6 - And I said, O Lord, thou that art supreme Lord, behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 - And I said, O sovereign Lord, verily thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, There shall be peace; whereas behold, the sword has reached even to their soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11 - Be it so, Lord, in their prosperity; surely I stood before thee in the time of their calamities, and in the time of their affliction, for their good against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:3 - And now, [fn]Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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