Lexical Summary despotēs: lord, master Original Word: δεσπότηςTransliteration: despotēs Phonetic Spelling: (des-pot'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: lord, master Meaning: lord, master Strong's Concordance Lord, master. Perhaps from deo and posis (a husband); an absolute ruler ("despot") -- Lord, master. see GREEK deo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1203: δεσπότηςδεσπότης, δεσπότου, ὁ (from Pindar down), a master, lord (as of δοῦλοι, οἰκέται): 1 Timothy 6:1,(2); 2 Timothy 2:21; Titus 2:9; 1 Peter 2:18; God is thus addressed by one who calls himself his δοῦλος: Luke 2:29, cf. Acts 4:24, 29 (δεσπότης τῶν πάντων, Job 5:8; Wis. 6:8); Christ is so called, as one who has bought his servants, 2 Peter 2:1; rules over his church, Jude 1:4 (some take δεσπότης here as designating God; cf. R. V. marginal reading); and whose prerogative it is to take vengeance on those who persecute his followers, Revelation 6:10. |
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