Oikodespótēs — G3617

Definition

masculine noun

the head of a family

1. Ignatius ad

Usually translated as

master of the house, householder, goodman

Origin

from G3624 and G1203

• oîkos (G3624)
• despótēs (G1203)

Occurrences

Oikodespótēs occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (6), Mark (1), Luke (4)

• Matthew 10:25 — It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house (οἰκοδεσπότην) Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
• Matthew 13:27 — So the servants of the householder (οἰκοδεσπότου) came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
• Matthew 13:52 — Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder (οἰκοδεσπότῃ), which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
• Matthew 20:1 — For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder (οἰκοδεσπότῃ), which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
• Matthew 20:11 — And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house (οἰκοδεσπότου),
• Matthew 24:43 — But know this, that if the goodman of the house (οἰκοδεσπότης) had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
• Mark 14:14 — And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house (οἰκοδεσπότῃ), The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
• Luke 12:39 — And this know, that if the goodman of the house (οἰκοδεσπότης) had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
• Luke 13:25 — When once the master of the house (οἰκοδεσπότης) is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
• Luke 14:21 — So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house (οἰκοδεσπότης) being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
• Luke 22:11 — And ye shall say unto the goodman (οἰκοδεσπότῃ) of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?