GreekG3617Noun (Masculine)

οἰκοδεσπότης

oikodespotēs

12Occurrences
G3617Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the head of a family

from G3624 (οἶκος) and G1203 (δεσπότης);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
the master of a house, a householder: ἄνθρωπος οἰ. ; pleonast., oἰ. οἰκίας, (see Bl., § 81, 4).

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

οἰκοδεσπότης appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
7
Luke
4
Mark
1

Key Passages

Luke 12:39BSB

But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

Luke 14:21BSB

The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

Matthew 10:25BSB

It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

Matthew 13:52BSB

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Matthew 20:11BSB

On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

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