Lexical Summary oikodespotēs: the master of a house Original Word: οἰκοδεσπότηςTransliteration: oikodespotēs Phonetic Spelling: (oy-kod-es-pot'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: the master of a house Meaning: the master of a house Strong's Concordance householder, master of the house. From oikos and despotes; the head of a family -- goodman (of the house), householder, master of the house. see GREEK oikos see GREEK despotes Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3617: οἰκοδεσπότηςοἰκοδεσπότης, 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 |