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Lexicon :: Strong's G3617 - oikodespotēs

Aa
οἰκοδεσπότης
Transliteration
oikodespotēs (Key)
Pronunciation
oy-kod-es-pot'-ace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:49,145

Strong’s Definitions

οἰκοδεσπότης oikodespótēs, oy-kod-es-pot'-ace; from G3624 and G1203; the head of a family:—goodman (of the house), householder, master of the house.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G3617 in the following manner: householder (4x), goodman of the house (4x), master of the house (3x), goodman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G3617 in the following manner: householder (4x), goodman of the house (4x), master of the house (3x), goodman (1x).

  1. master of the house, householder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οἰκοδεσπότης oikodespótēs, oy-kod-es-pot'-ace; from G3624 and G1203; the head of a family:—goodman (of the house), householder, master of the house.
STRONGS G3617:
οἰκοδεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότου, ὁ (οἶκος, 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 οἰκοδεσπότης (see ἄνθρωπος, 4 a.), Matthew 13:52; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 21:33; οἰκοδεσπότης τῆς οἰκίας, 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 οἴκου or οἰκίας δεσπότης.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:25; 13:27; 13:52; 20:1; 20:11; 21:33; 24:43
Mark
14:14
Luke
12:39; 13:25; 14:21; 22:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3617 matches the Greek οἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespotēs),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:25 - It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52 - And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 - For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:11 - And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - And wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house, The Master says, Where is my guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39 - But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25 - When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11 - And say to the master of the house, The Master says, Where is the guest-room, where I may take the Passover with my disciples?
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