Strong's Greek: 3617. οἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespotés) -- Master of the house, householder

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oikodespotés: Master of the house, householder

Original Word: οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: oikodespotés
Pronunciation: oy-kod-es-pot'-ace
Phonetic Spelling: (oy-kod-es-pot'-ace)
Definition: Master of the house, householder
Meaning: a head of a household.

Word Origin: From οおみくろんἶκος (oikos, meaning "house") and δεσπότης (despotes, meaning "master" or "lord")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is בַּעַל (ba'al, Strong's H1167), meaning "master" or "lord."

Usage: The term "oikodespotés" refers to the master or head of a household, someone who has authority and responsibility over the domestic affairs and the people within the household. In the New Testament, it is often used in parables to depict a figure of authority, representing God or Christ in a metaphorical sense.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the "oikodespotés" was a significant figure, often the patriarch of the family, who held considerable power and responsibility. The household was a central unit of society, and the master was expected to manage it effectively, ensuring the welfare of family members and servants. This role was not only administrative but also moral and spiritual, as the master was seen as a provider and protector.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from oikos and despotés
Definition
the master of a house
NASB Translation
head of a household (1), head of the house (4), head of the household (1), landowner (4), owner (1), owner of the house (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3617: οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης

οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης, οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότου, ὁ (οおみくろんἶκος, δεσπότης), master of a house, householder: Matthew 10:25; Matthew 13:27; Matthew 20:11; Matthew 24:43; Mark 14:14; Luke 12:39; Luke 13:25; Luke 14:21; ἄνθρωπος οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης (see ἄνθρωπος, 4 a.), Matthew 13:52; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 21:33; οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης τたうῆς οおみくろんἰκίας, Luke 22:11, on this pleonasm cf. Bornemann, Schol. at the passage; Winers Grammar, § 65, 2. (Alexis, a comic poet of the IV. century B.C. quoted in Pollux 10, 4, 21; Josephus, contra Apion 2, 11, 3; Plutarch, quaest. Rom. 30; Ignatius ad Eph. 6 [ET]. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 313 shows that the earlier Greeks said οおみくろんἴκかっぱοおみくろんυうぷしろん or οおみくろんἰκίας δεσπότης.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

householder, master of the house.

From oikos and despotes; the head of a family -- goodman (of the house), householder, master of the house.

see GREEK oikos

see GREEK despotes

Forms and Transliterations

οικοδεσποτη οικοδεσπότη οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότῃ οικοδεσποτην οικοδεσπότην οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότην οικοδεσποτης οικοδεσπότης οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης οικοδεσποτου οικοδεσπότου οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότου oikodespote oikodespotē oikodespótei oikodespótēi oikodespoten oikodespotēn oikodespóten oikodespótēn oikodespotes oikodespotēs oikodespótes oikodespótēs oikodespotou oikodespótou

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Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 10:25 N-AMS
GRK: εいぷしろんἰ τたうὸνにゅー οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότην Βεελζεβοὺλらむだ ἐπεκάλεσαν
NAS: they have called the head of the house Beelzebul,
KJV: they have called the master of the house Beelzebub,
INT: If the master of the house Beelzebul they called

Matthew 13:27 N-GMS
GRK: δでるたοおみくろんῦλらむだοおみくろんιいおた τたうοおみくろんῦ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότου εいぷしろんἶπぱいοおみくろんνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうῷ
NAS: The slaves of the landowner came
KJV: the servants of the householder came
INT: servants of the master of the house said to him

Matthew 13:52 N-DMS
GRK: ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότῃ ὅστις ἐκβάλλει
NAS: is like a head of a household, who
KJV: unto a man [that is] an householder, which
INT: is to a man a master of a house who puts forth

Matthew 20:1 N-DMS
GRK: οおみくろんὐρανῶνにゅー ἀνθρώπῳ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότῃ ὅστις ἐξくしーῆλらむだθしーたεいぷしろんνにゅー
NAS: of heaven is like a landowner who went
KJV: unto a man [that is] an householder, which
INT: heavens to a man a master of a house who went out

Matthew 20:11 N-GMS
GRK: κかっぱαあるふぁτたうὰ τたうοおみくろんῦ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότου
NAS: it, they grumbled at the landowner,
KJV: against the goodman of the house,
INT: against the master of the house

Matthew 21:33 N-NMS
GRK: Ἄνθρωπος ἦνにゅー οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης ὅστις ἐφύτευσεν
NAS: parable. There was a landowner who
KJV: a certain householder, which
INT: A man there was a master of a house who planted

Matthew 24:43 N-NMS
GRK: ᾔδει ὁ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης ποίᾳ φυλακῇ
NAS: that if the head of the house had known
KJV: if the goodman of the house had known
INT: had known the master of the house in what time of night

Mark 14:14 N-DMS
GRK: εいぷしろんἴπατε τたうῷ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότῃ ὅτたうιいおた Ὁ
NAS: say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher
KJV: say ye to the goodman of the house,
INT: say to the master of the house The

Luke 12:39 N-NMS
GRK: ᾔδει ὁ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης ποίᾳ ὥρろーᾳ
NAS: that if the head of the house had known
KJV: if the goodman of the house had known
INT: had known the master of the house what hour

Luke 13:25 N-NMS
GRK: ἐγερθῇ ὁ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ἀποκλείσῃ
NAS: Once the head of the house gets
KJV: When once the master of the house is risen up,
INT: shall have risen up the master of the house and shall have shut

Luke 14:21 N-NMS
GRK: ὀργισθεὶς ὁ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης εいぷしろんἶπぱいεいぷしろんνにゅー τたうῷ
NAS: Then the head of the household became angry
KJV: Then the master of the house being angry
INT: having been angry the master of the house said to

Luke 22:11 N-DMS
GRK: ἐρろーεいぷしろんῖτたうεいぷしろん τたうῷ οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότῃ τたうῆς οおみくろんἰκίας
NAS: And you shall say to the owner of the house,
KJV: ye shall say unto the goodman of the house,
INT: you will say to the master of the house

Strong's Greek 3617
12 Occurrences

οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότῃ — 4 Occ.
οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότην — 1 Occ.
οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότης — 5 Occ.
οおみくろんἰκοδεσπότου — 2 Occ.