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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, , [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. 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 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 - But Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie'zer of Damascus?"
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:8 - But he said, "O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?"
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:14 - And he said, "No; but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, "What does my lord bid his servant?"
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:8 - "As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:7 - Without having any chief, officer or ruler,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 - The fear of man lays a snare, but he who trusts in the LORD is safe.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore the Lord says, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will vent my wrath on my enemies, and avenge myself on my foes.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:1 - For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33 - Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:6 - Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 - Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, surely thou hast utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'It shall be well with you'; whereas the sword has reached their very life."
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11 - So let it be, O LORD, if I have not entreated thee for their good, if I have not pleaded with thee on behalf of the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress!
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:3 - Therefore now, O LORD, take my life from me, I beseech thee, for it is better for me to die than to live."
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