οἰκοδεσπότης oikodespotēs

Greek word for “householder” · Strong’s G3617 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

οἰκο-δεσπότης, -ου, ὁ;

How it is translated

Glosses given for oikodespotēs in context, with how often each is used:

• master of the house 8
• master of a house 3
• master 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (2), Matthew 20 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 21 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 13 (1), Luke 14 (1), Luke 22 (1)

Forms

• οἰκοδεσπότης 5
• οἰκοδεσπότῃ 4
• οἰκοδεσπότου 2
• οἰκοδεσπότην 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with oikodespotēs more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κατάλυμα kataluma “guest room/inn” 2
• διορύσσω diorussō “to break in” 2
• διδάσκαλος didaskalos “teacher” 3
• δοῦλος doulos “slave” 3
• κλέπτης kleptēs “thief” 2
• ὅστις hostis, hētis “who/which” 3
• ἄν an “if” 3
• ἀμπελών ampelōn “vineyard” 2
• πόθεν pothen “whence” 2
• πάσχα pascha “Passover lamb” 2
• ποῖος poios “what?” 2
• ὅμοιος homoios “like” 2

Key verses

The verses using oikodespotēs that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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 Beelzebub, how much more shall…
• Matthew 13:27 — So the servants of the householder 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, which bringeth forth…
• Matthew 20:1 — For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, 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,
• Matthew 21:33 — Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower,…
• Matthew 24:43 — But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to…
• Mark 14:14 — And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my…
• Luke 12:39 — And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken…
• Luke 13:25 — When once the master of the house 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…
• Luke 14:21 — So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes…
• Luke 22:11 — And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.