Greek noun (masculine) · G1203
δεσπότης
despotesdes-pot'-ace
master
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: despótēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1203is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1203
an absolute ruler ("despot")
The King James renders it: Lord, master.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
despotes is rendered "master". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 2:29“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
Luke 2:29δέσποτα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nine of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Master3
- masters3
- Lord2
- Sovereign Lord1
- to masters1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- δέσποτα2
- δεσπόταις2
- δεσπότας2
- δεσπότην2
- δεσπότῃ1
- δεσπότης1
The grammar of each form
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular3N-VSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural2N-APM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2N-DPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM-T
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM-T
Luke
one use
“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
- δέσποταdespotanoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Lord
Acts
one use
When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
- δέσποταdespotanoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Sovereign Lord
1 Timothy
two uses
All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
- δεσπόταςdespotasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: masters
Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.
- δεσπόταςdespotasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: masters
2 Timothy
one use
So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work.
- δεσπότῃdespotenoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Master
Titus
one use
Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
- δεσπόταιςdespotaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: masters
1 Peter
one use
Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
- δεσπόταιςdespotaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to masters
2 Peter
one use
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- δεσπότηνdespotennoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Master
Jude
one use
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- δεσπότηνdespotennoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: master
Revelation
one use
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
- δεσπότηςdespotesnoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Lord
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.