noun · masculine
oikodespotos
Greekοἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespotēs)
Strong’sG3617
a head of a household
stem oikodespot-12 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† οἰκο-δεσπότης, -ου, ὁ
(< οἶκος, δεσπότης),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3617 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | oikodespotos5×οἰκοδεσπότης | oikodespotois |
| object accusative | oikodespoton1×οἰκοδεσπότην | oikodespotoin |
| direct address vocative | oikodespotor | oikodespotoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | oikodespotou2×οἰκοδεσπότου | oikodespotoiu |
| to, for dative | oikodespoto4×οἰκοδεσπότῃ | oikodespotoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
oikodespoto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
oikodespotos“master of the house”subjectnominative singular5×
Matthew 21:33“landowner”Allan parabolan akouavar. Anthrōpos ate oikodespotos hotinos futeuata ampelōnon kai fragmon auto peritithata kai orussata en auto lēnan kai oikodomata purgon, kai ekdōeta auton geōrgoi, kai apodēmata.Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
Matthew 24:43“master of the house”ekeinem de gnōskavōr hoti ei oidatelē tos oikodespotos poia fulaka tos kleptos erchetō, grēgorata an kai ouk an easata diorussira tan oikian autou.But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
Luke 12:39“master of the house”Houtem de gnōskavōr hoti ei oidatelē tos oikodespotos poia hōra tos kleptos erchetō, ouk an afiēkata diorussira ton oikon autou.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 13:25“master of the house”apo hou an egeiriteia tos oikodespotos kai apokleiateia tan thuran, kai archeveia exō histanarē kai krouarō tan thuran legarōtois; Kurior, anoigasar ni; kai apokriniratos legati vi; Ouk oidamē vin pothen avō.After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
Luke 14:21“master of the house”kai paragineratos tos doulos apangellata to kurio autou houteim. tote orgiziratos tos oikodespotos legata to doulo autou; Exerchasar tacheōs eis tain plateiain kai rumain tau politau, kai toin ptōchoin kai anapēroin kai tufloin kai chōloin eisagasar hōde.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.’
oikodespoton“master of the house”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 10:25“master of the house”arketem to mathēto hina gineteia hōs tos didaskalos autou, kai tos doulos hōs tos kurios autou. ei ton oikodespoton Beelzeboul epikalala, pose mallon toin oikiakoin autou.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!
oikodespotou“landowner”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Matthew 13:27“master of the house”prosercharatois de tois doulois tou oikodespotou legala auto; Kurior, ouchi kalem spermem speirasa en to so agro? pothen oun echatō zizanieim?The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
Matthew 20:11“landowner”lambaratois de gonguzale kata tou oikodespotouOn receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
oikodespoto“owner”to, fordative singular4×
Matthew 13:52“owner of a house”tos de legata autoi; Dia houtem pantos grammatevos mathēteuiratos ta basileia toiu ouranoiu homoios atō anthrōpo oikodespoto hotinos ekballatō ek tou thēsaurou autou kaineim kai palaieim.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 20:1“landowner”Homoias gar atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu anthrōpo oikodespoto hotinos exerchata hama prōi misthera ergatoin eis ton ampelōnon autou.“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
Mark 14:14“owner of the house”kai hopou ean eiserchateia legavar to oikodespoto hoti Tos didaskalos legatō; Pou atō tem katalumem mu hopou tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu esthiameia?and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
Luke 22:11“owner”kai legavi to oikodespoto tau oikiau; Legatō si tos didaskalos; Pou atō tem katalumem hopou tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu esthiameia?and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’