δεσπότης, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for אָדוֹן, אֲדֹנָי; in Jdth.9:17, δ. τ. οὐρανῶν κ. τ. γῆς]; a master, lord, correlative of δοῦλος, οἰκέτης: 1Ti.6:1, 2, 2Ti.2:21, Tit.2:9, 1Pe.2:18; as title of God, voc., δέσποτα (so usually in LXX), Luk.2:29, Act.4:24; ὁ δ. = voc. δέσποτα (cf. B1., § 33, 4), Rev.6:10; of Christ, 2Pe.2:1, Ju 4, R, txt. (but cf. mg.).† SYN.: κύριος (which see), implying limitation of authority and a more general relation than δ., which "denoted absolute ownership and uncontrolled power" (Thayer). (AS)
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G1203 — δεσπότης
despotēs · master · Greek
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Luke 2:29 · δέσποτα,‘Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,Acts 4:24 · δέσποτα,and they having heard, with one accord did lift up the voice unto God, and said, ‘Lord, thou art God, who didst make the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that are in them,1 Timothy 6:1 · δεσπόταςAs many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;1 Timothy 6:2 · δεσπόταςand those having believing masters, let them not slight them, because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;2 Timothy 2:21 · δεσπότῃ,if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master—to every good work having been prepared,Titus 2:9 · δεσπόταιςServants—to their own masters are to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,1 Peter 2:18 · δεσπόταις,The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;2 Peter 2:1 · δεσπότηνAnd there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,Jude 1:4 · δεσπότηνfor there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord—Jesus Christ—denying,Revelation 6:10 · δεσπότηςand they were crying with a great voice, saying, ‘Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?’