ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗ, δεσποτη
DESPOTĒ, despotē
Sounds Like: des-PO-tay
Translations: master, a master, lord, a lord, sovereign, a sovereign
From the root: ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a master, lord, or sovereign, someone who holds absolute power or authority. It can be used to address such a figure directly (vocative case) or to indicate the recipient of an action (dative case). In the New Testament, it is often used of God or Christ, emphasizing their supreme authority.
Inflection: Singular, Vocative or Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1203 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 48:1
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:226, 8:282, 8:284
- Book 5 — 9:324
- Book 13 — 12:330
- Book 16 — 4:118
- Book 17 — 9:244
- Book 19 — 1:6
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 26:130
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 5 — 1:5
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Timothy — 2:21
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
- 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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