οἰκοδεσπότης
oikodespotēs
“householder”
Definition
the head of a family
from G3624 (οἶκος) and G1203 (δεσπότης);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
οἰκοδεσπότης appears 12 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.’
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!
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.”
On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
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