ΔΕΣΠΟΤ, δεσποτ
DESPOT, despot
Sounds Like: DES-pot
Translations: Master, Lord, owner, ruler, a master, a Lord
From the root: ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a master, lord, or owner, emphasizing absolute authority and control. It is often used in a respectful or reverential address, similar to 'Lord' or 'Sir'. It can refer to a human master over servants or slaves, or to God as the ultimate sovereign Lord. In the provided examples, it is used in direct address, indicating a vocative case.
Inflection: Singular, Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1203 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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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' — 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
- ΣΠΟΤΗΝ — master, a master, lord, a lord, owner, an owner
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