2001 Translation

DESPOTOU, despotou

Sounds Like: des-PO-too

Translations: of a master, of a lord, of an owner, of a ruler

From the root: ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a master, lord, or owner, emphasizing authority and control over others, such as servants or slaves. It is often used in a context where someone holds absolute power or dominion. It can also refer to God as the ultimate Lord or Master.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G1203 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:99

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 20:8, 24:5, 40:4

Codex Sinaiticus

• Proverbs — 30:10
• Shepherd of Hermas — 11:5

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 4:41, 6:128
• Book 6 — 13:301, 13:315, 14:361
• Book 7 — 10:240
• Book 9 — 6:125
• Book 19 — 1:68, 3:222

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 2:15, 10:12

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 36:1, 40:1, 44:1, 46:1, 61:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 140:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Maccabees — 5:20
• 3 Maccabees — 5:12
• Proverbs — 24:33

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 2:8, 2:9, 4:1, 5:3

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 3:4

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΔΕΣΠΟΤΩΣ — without a master, without a lord, without an owner, without a ruler, without control, without restraint, without authority, without a definite author, anonymously
• ΑΔΕΣΠΟΤΟΣ — masterless, without a master, ownerless, without an owner, unclaimed, independent
• ΔΕΠΟΤΟΥ — of a master, of the master, of a lord, of the lord, of an owner, of the owner
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤ — Master, Lord, owner, ruler, a master, a Lord
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤ' — O Master, O Lord, Master, Lord
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤΑ — O Master, O Lord, O Sovereign
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤΑΙ — masters, lords, owners
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤΑΙΣ — to masters, to lords, to rulers, to owners
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤΕΥΩ — to rule, to be master, to exercise lordship over, to have dominion over
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗ — master, a master, lord, a lord, sovereign, a sovereign
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΝ — master, a master, lord, a lord, owner, an owner
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΣ — master, lord, owner, a master, a lord
• ΔΕΣΠΟΤΩΝ — of masters, of lords, of owners, of absolute rulers
• ΣΠΟΤΗΝ — master, a master, lord, a lord, owner, an owner

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