δεσπότης

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master

δεσπότης , -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for אָדוֹן, אֲדֹנָי; in Jdth.9:17 , δ. τ. οὐρανῶν κ. τ. γῆς]; a master, lord , correlative of δοῦλος, οἰκέτης: 1Ti.6:1 , 2, 2Ti.2:21 , Tit.2:9 , 1Pe.2:18 ; as title of God, voc., δέσποτα (so usually in LXX), Luk.2:29 , Act.4:24 ; ὁ δ. = voc. δέσποτα (cf. B1., § 33, 4), Rev.6:10; of Christ, 2Pe.2:1 , Ju 4 , R, txt. (but cf. mg.).† SYN. : κύριος (which see), implying limitation of authority and a more general relation than δ., which "denoted absolute ownership and uncontrolled power" (Thayer). (AS)