ΔΕΣΠΟΤΩΝ, δεσποτων
DESPOTŌN, despotōn
Sounds Like: des-PO-ton
Translations: of masters, of lords, of owners, of absolute rulers
From the root: ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who hold absolute power or authority, such as a master over slaves, a lord, or an owner. It is used to denote someone who has full control and dominion. In this form, it indicates possession or origin, meaning 'belonging to masters' or 'from masters'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1203 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 4:11
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 17:2
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
- ΔΕΣΠΟΤΟΥ — of a master, of a lord, of an owner, of a ruler
- ΣΠΟΤΗΝ — master, a master, lord, a lord, owner, an owner
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