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Lexicon :: Strong's G3617 - oikodespotēs

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οἰκοδεσπότης
Transliteration
oikodespotēs (Key)
Pronunciation
oy-kod-es-pot'-ace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:49,145

Strong’s Definitions

οἰκοδεσπότης oikodespótēs, oy-kod-es-pot'-ace; from G3624 and G1203; the head of a family:—goodman (of the house), householder, master of the house.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G3617 in the following manner: householder (4x), goodman of the house (4x), master of the house (3x), goodman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G3617 in the following manner: householder (4x), goodman of the house (4x), master of the house (3x), goodman (1x).

  1. master of the house, householder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οἰκοδεσπότης oikodespótēs, oy-kod-es-pot'-ace; from G3624 and G1203; the head of a family:—goodman (of the house), householder, master of the house.
STRONGS G3617:
οἰκοδεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότου, ὁ (οἶκος, δεσπότης), master of a house, householder: Matthew 10:25; Matthew 13:27; Matthew 20:11; Matthew 24:43; Mark 14:14; Luke 12:39; Luke 13:25; Luke 14:21; ἄνθρωπος οἰκοδεσπότης (see ἄνθρωπος, 4 a.), Matthew 13:52; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 21:33; οἰκοδεσπότης τῆς οἰκίας, Luke 22:11, on this pleonasm cf. Bornemann, Schol. at the passage; Winers Grammar, § 65, 2. (Alexis, a comic poet of the IV. century B.C. quoted in Pollux 10, 4, 21; Josephus, contra Apion 2, 11, 3; Plutarch, quaest. Rom. 30; Ignatius ad Eph. 6 [ET]. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 313 shows that the earlier Greeks said οἴκου or οἰκίας δεσπότης.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:25; 13:27; 13:52; 20:1; 20:11; 21:33; 24:43
Mark
14:14
Luke
12:39; 13:25; 14:21; 22:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3617 matches the Greek οἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespotēs),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:25 - It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house 'Beelzebul,' how much more will they defame the members of his household!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52 - Then he said to them, "Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 - "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:11 - When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - "Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39 - But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25 - Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave, 'Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11 - and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'
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