ΣΠΟΤΗΝ, σποτην
SPOTĒN, spotēn
Sounds Like: des-PO-teen
Translations: master, a master, lord, a lord, owner, an owner
From the root: ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word appears to be a misspelling or a truncated form of the Koine Greek word ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΝ (despotēn), which means 'master' or 'lord'. It refers to someone who has absolute power or authority over others, such as a household master, an owner of property, or a sovereign ruler. It is used to denote a position of authority and control.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1203 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 1:7
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
- ΔΕΣΠΟΤΩΝ — of masters, of lords, of owners, of absolute rulers
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