2001 Translation

DESPOTA, despota

Sounds Like: DES-po-tah

Translations: O Master, O Lord, O Sovereign

From the root: ΔΕΣΠΟΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: ΔΕΣΠΟΤΑ is a Koine Greek noun meaning 'master' or 'lord'. It is used as a respectful form of direct address, particularly when speaking to God or a powerful ruler, emphasizing their authority and ownership over others.

Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Vocative

Strong’s number: G1203 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 59:4, 60:3, 61:1, 61:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 5:20, 5:24, 7:11, 9:12, 11:10
• Tobit — 3:14, 8:17
• Wisdom — 11:26
• Sirach — 23:1, 36:1
• Jeremiah — 1:6, 4:10, 15:11
• Jonah — 4:3
• Luke — 2:29
• Acts of the Apostles — 4:24

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 18:272
• Book 2 — 12:270
• Book 4 — 3:40, 3:46
• Book 5 — 1:41
• Book 6 — 4:51
• Book 7 — 9:212, 10:254, 11:269
• Book 8 — 2:23, 2:29, 4:107, 4:111
• Book 9 — 4:64
• Book 11 — 2:22, 3:64, 5:162, 6:230
• Book 12 — 6:212, 6:213
• Book 18 — 6:187, 8:296
• Book 20 — 4:90

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 62:5

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 0:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 15:2, 15:8
• Joshua — 5:14
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:60
• Judith — 5:20, 5:24, 7:11, 9:12, 11:10
• Tobit — 3:14, 8:17, 8:17
• 2 Maccabees — 15:22
• 3 Maccabees — 2:2, 6:5, 6:10
• Odes — 9:37, 12:29
• Wisdom — 11:26
• Sirach — 23:1, 33:1
• Jeremiah — 1:6, 4:10, 15:11
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:5
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:37
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:37, 9:8, 9:15, 9:16, 9:17, 9:19
• Jonah — 4:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 2:29
• Acts — 4:24

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 10:3

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
• 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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