G1203 – despotes – δεσπότης – a despot, absolute ruler
- Strong’s ID:
- G1203
- Greek Word:
- δεσπότης
- Transliteration:
- despotēs / despotes
- Pronunciation:
- des-pot’-ace
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Etymology:
- perhaps from G1210 and ποσις posis (a husband)
- Usage Count:
- 10
- Search:
- Find “despotes” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
perhaps from G1210 and ποσις posis (a husband); an absolute ruler (“despot”):—Lord, master.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a master, Lord
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.