G3617
οἰκοδεσπότης
oikodespótēs
the head of a family
Lexicon
Derivation: from G3624 (οἶκος) and G1203 (δεσπότης);
the head of a family
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: goodman (of the house), householder, master of the house
Usage
12 occurrences · 0 OT · 12 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the master of the house3 · 25%
- the goodman of the house3 · 25%
- that is an householder2 · 17%
- of the householder1 · 8%
- householder1 · 8%
- to the goodman of the house1 · 8%
- unto the goodman1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
οἰκοδεσπότης5οἰκοδεσπότῃ4οἰκοδεσπότου2οἰκοδεσπότην1
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.